Curaçao
Capital · Willemstad
Tula's 1795 revolt is remembered every August — and Willemstad's famous painted waterfront was the Dutch slave-trading hub for the whole of the Americas.
Curaçao at a glance
- Capital
- Willemstad
- Region
- Southern Caribbean · Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Currency
- Caribbean guilder (XCG)
- Languages
- Papiamentu · Dutch · English · Spanish
- Dialling code
- +599
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
Curaçao was the Dutch West India Company's depot: enslaved Africans were landed here, held, and re-shipped across the region. Tula led a major revolt in 1795, was executed, and was formally rehabilitated as a national hero only in 2010.
Key dates for Curaçao
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Curaçao and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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