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Location: Part of the Dutch realm; two island groups in the Caribbean Sea -- one group includes Curacao and Bonaire (north of Venezuela) and the other is east of the Virgin Islands
Population: 203,505 (1995 estimate)
Capital: Willemstad
Comparative area: Slightly less than 5.5 times the size of Washington, D.C.
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
Landscape: Also called the Dutch West Indies; one group of islands lies about 50 miles from Venezuela; the smaller group is about 500 miles northeast of the main islands and about 160 miles east of Puerto Rico
Recognized by International Olympic Committee: 1931 |
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