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Island Details: Curaçao

Name
Curaçao
Location
Caribbean
Number of Islands (approx.)
1*
Island Details
1 main island + 1 uninhabitated island*
Type of Islands
continental
Surface Area (km²)
444.00*
Terrain
generally low, hilly terrain*
Highest Elevation (m)
372.0*
Highest Elevation (name)
Mt. Christoffel*
Isolation Index
22*
Climate Risk Index Rank (1993-2012)
70*
Mean Sea Level Trends (mm/year)
0.00
Mean Sea Level (meta)
Population (total)
146,836*
Census Year [Population (total)]
2013*
Population Density (p/km²)
336.0*
Census Year [Population Density (p/km²)]
2010*
Population Growth (annual %)
0.000
Census Year [Population Growth (annual %)]
2010
GDP (per capita in current US$)
15,000*
Census Year (GDP)
2004*
Dominant Economic Sector
offshore financial services, tourism, petroleum refining*
HDI
0.000*
Census Year (HDI)
2010*
Administration
dependent (autonomous parliamentary democracy, but part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)*
Miscellaneous
In referenda in 2005 and 2009, the citizens of Curacao voted to become a self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The change in status became effective in October 2010 with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.*