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Otrobanda

Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of , located at the southwest side of the city, in , a island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Suburb with 1,370 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Willemstad, Curaçao
  • Also known as: “Otrabanda” and “Overzijde”
Photo: Scottwmcintosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad and Kurá Hulanda Museum.

Church
Photo: Charles Hoffman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Basilica of St. Anne is a religious building that functions as Catholic Minor Basilica and at the same time as co-cathedral of the Diocese of Willemstad on the island of in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of , the other being the main cathedral dedicated to Our Lady the of the same city.

Museum
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The is an anthropological museum located in the Kura Hulanda Village district of , . The museum teaches about the Atlantic slave trade, and African history in the Caribbean, and was opened in April 1999 by Jacob Gelt Dekker.

Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay on island in the Dutch Caribbean. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the capital city, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willemstad and Fleur de Marie.

Photo: Ghettocash, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital and largest city of . The city center and the waterfront is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. is mostly a destination for cruise ship tourists who usually spend one or two days there at most.

Neighborhood
Photo: Margo Groenewoud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
is a residential area in southeast located in the eastern part of the capital, . The word in Papiamentu means salt lake. is situated 4 km east of Otrobanda.

Otrobanda

Latitude
12.11026° or 12° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
-68.93798° or 68° 56′ 17″ west
Population
1,370
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CW OTB
Open location code
774H4366+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297234354
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3513422
Wiki­data ID
Q1642093
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Otrobanda” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “欧特洛邦达”
  • Chinese: “歐特洛邦達”
  • Dutch: “Otra Banda”
  • Dutch: “Otrabanda”
  • Dutch: “Otrobanda”
  • German: “Otrabanda”
  • German: “Otrobanda”
  • Greek: “Οτρομπάντα”
  • Papiamento: “Otrabanda”
  • Papiamento: “Otrobanda”
  • Polish: “Otrobanda”
  • Spanish: “Otrobanda”
  • “Otrobanda”

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