In 1896, a tramway opened in Otrabanda on the opposite side of the bay, but it ceased operations within a few months. The Punda line was rebuilt in 1911, regauged to metre gauge, and the horse drawn trams replaced by petrol engined ones. The line closed in 1920. [126] Bridges[edit] Smith brug over the Waaigat Kon.
At 185 feet (56 m) above the sea, it is one of the highest bridges in the Caribbean. [128] Utilities and sanitation[edit] Aqualectra, a government-owned company[131] and full member of CARILEC, delivers potable water and electricity to the island. Rates are controlled by the government. Water is produced by reverse osmosis or desalinization. [132] It services 69, 000 households and companies using 130, 000 water and electric meters. [132] The power generation company NuCuraçao opened wind farms in Tera Kora and Playa Kanoa in 2012, and expanded in Tera Kora in 2015. [133] There is no natural gas distribution grid; gas is supplied to homes by pressurized containers. [134] Curbside trash pickup is provided by the Selikor company.
4% increase over the previous year. [84] Hato International Airport received 1, 772, 501 passengers in 2013 and announced capital investments totaling US$48 million aimed at transforming the airport into a regional hub by 2018. The Curaçaoan insular shelf's sharp drop-off known as the "Blue Edge" is often visited by scuba diving tourists. [85] Coral reefs for snorkeling and scuba diving can be reached without a boat. The southern coast has calm waters as well as many small beaches, such as Jan Thiel and Cas Abou.
It is a thin island with a generally hilly topography; the highest point is Christoffelberg in the northwest, with a peak at 372 m (1, 220 ft) above sea level. [51] The coastline's bays, inlets and hot springs offer a source of natural minerals, thermal conditions, and seawater used in hydrotherapy and mesotherapy, making the island one of many balneoclimateric areas in the region. Off the southeast coast lies the small, flat island of Klein Curaçao. [11] Flora[edit] Curaçao's flora differ from typical tropical island vegetation. Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub is the most notable, with various forms of cacti, thorny shrubs, evergreen, and watapana trees (Libidibia coriaria; called divi-divi on Aruba), which are characteristic of the ABC islands and the national symbol of Aruba. Brassavola nodosa is a drought-tolerant species of Brassavola, one of the few orchids present in the ABC islands. Cacti include Melocactus and Opuntia species such as Opuntia stricta.
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[29][30] In 1954, Curaçao and other Dutch Caribbean colonies were joined together to form the Netherlands Antilles. Discontent with Curaçao's seemingly subordinate relationship to the Netherlands, ongoing racial discrimination, and a rise in unemployment owing to layoffs in the oil industry led to a series of riots in 1969. [31] The riots resulted in two deaths, numerous injuries and severe damage in Willemstad. In response, the Dutch government introduced far-reaching reforms, allowing Afro-Curaçaoans greater influence over the island's political and economic life, and increased the prominence of the local Papiamentu language. [32] A Dutch soldier on patrol in Willemstad following the 1969 riots Curaçao experienced an economic downturn in the early 1980s.
[73] Economy[edit] Offshore oil platform in Curaçao Curaçao has an open economy; its most important sectors are tourism, international trade, shipping services, oil refining, [74] oil storage and bunkering, and international financial services. [11] Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's lease on the island's oil refinery expired in 2019; the facility employs 1, 000 people, refining oil from Venezuela for export to the US and Asia. [75] Schlumberger, the world's largest oil field services company, is incorporated in Curaçao.
It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [12] Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Curaçao was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamento: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou), [13] and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao.
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However this approach does exclude local women (or men) to legally make a living from prostitution and does lead to loss of local income, as the foreign prostitutes send or take most of their earnings home. [101] The U. State Department has cited anecdotal evidence claiming that, "Curaçao... [is a] destination island... for women trafficked for the *** trade from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, according to local observers. At least 500 foreign women reportedly are in prostitution throughout the five islands of the Antilles, some of whom have been trafficked.
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