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Willemstad

Willemstad is the capital and largest city of . The city center and the waterfront is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Willemstad is mostly a destination for cruise ship tourists who usually spend one or two days there at most.
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  • Type: Town with 140,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Curaçao
  • Also known as: “Willemtown” and “Williamtown”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Queen Emma Bridge and Fort Amsterdam.

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The is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay on island in the Dutch Caribbean. It connects the Punda and quarters of the capital city, Willemstad.

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is a fort situated in Willemstad, . It was constructed in 1634 by the Dutch West India Company and served not only as a military fort but also as the headquarters of the WIC.

Museum
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The is an art and cultural history museum in Curaçao. The museum opened on 7 March 1948, and is the oldest museum in Curaçao which still exists. The museum is located in the former military hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saliña and Koraal Specht.

Neighborhood
is a residential area in southeast located in the eastern part of the capital, Willemstad. The word in Papiamentu means salt lake. is situated 3½ km east of Willemstad.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km east of Willemstad.

Suburb
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is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in , a island in the Dutch Caribbean. was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Willemstad

Latitude
12.1067° or 12° 6′ 24″ north
Longitude
-68.9351° or 68° 56′ 7″ west
Population
140,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CW WIL
Open location code
774H4347+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 50033577
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3513090
Wiki­data ID
Q132679
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Willemstad” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Willemstad”
  • Arabic: “ويلمستاد”
  • Arabic: “يلمستاد”
  • Aragonese: “Willemstad”
  • Armenian: “Վիլլեմստադ”
  • Asturian: “Willemstad”
  • Azerbaijani: “Villemştad”
  • Basque: “Willemstad”
  • Belarusian: “Вілемстад”
  • Belarusian: “Ўілемстад”
  • Bengali: “উইলেমস্টাড”
  • Bosnian: “Willemstad”
  • Bulgarian: “Вилемстад”
  • Catalan: “Willemstad”
  • Cebuano: “Willemstad (ulohang dakbayan)”
  • Cebuano: “Willemstad”
  • Chinese: “Willemstad”
  • Chinese: “威廉市”
  • Chinese: “威廉斯塔德”
  • Croatian: “Willemstad”
  • Czech: “Willemstad”
  • Danish: “Willemstad”
  • Dutch: “Willemstad (Curaçao)”
  • Dutch: “Willemstad (CW)”
  • Dutch: “Willemstad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويلمستاد”
  • Erzya: “Виллемстад”
  • Esperanto: “Vilemstado”
  • Estonian: “Willemstad”
  • Faroese: “Willemstad”
  • Finnish: “Willemstad”
  • French: “Amsterdam des tropiques”
  • French: “Guillaumeville”
  • French: “Willemstad”
  • French: “Zone historique de Willemstad, centre ville et port, Antilles néerlandaises”
  • Galician: “Willemstad”
  • Georgian: “ვილემსტადი”
  • German: “Willemstad”
  • Greek: “Βίλλεμσταντ”
  • Greek: “Βίλλεμστατ”
  • Gujarati: “વિલેમસ્ટેડ”
  • Hebrew: “וילמסטאד”
  • Hebrew: “וילמשטאד”
  • Hindi: “विलेमस्टाद”
  • Hungarian: “Willemstad”
  • Icelandic: “Willemstad”
  • Ido: “Willemstad”
  • Indonesian: “Willemstad”
  • Irish: “Willemstad”
  • Italian: “Willemstad”
  • Japanese: “ウィレムスタット”
  • Japanese: “ウィレムスタッド”
  • Japanese: “オランダ領アンティル、キュラソー島の港町ヴィレムスタッド歴史地域”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಲ್ಲೆಮ್ಸ್ಟಾಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Виллемстад”
  • Kirghiz: “Виллемстад”
  • Korean: “빌렘스타드”
  • Korean: “빌렘스타트”
  • Ladino: “Willemstad”
  • Latin: “Gulielmopolis”
  • Latvian: “Vilemstade”
  • Latvian: “Villemstade”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilemstadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Willemstad”
  • Lombard: “Willemstad”
  • Macedonian: “Вилемстад”
  • Malay: “Willemstad, Curaçao”
  • Malay: “Willemstad”
  • Maltese: “Willemstad”
  • Marathi: “विलेमश्टाड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Willemstad”
  • Moksha: “Виллэмстад”
  • Northern Frisian: “Willemstad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Willemstad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willemstad”
  • Norwegian: “Willemstad”
  • Novial: “Willemstad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Willemstad”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willelmestede”
  • Ossetian: “Виллемстад”
  • Papiamento: “Willemstad”
  • Persian: “ویلمستات”
  • Persian: “ویلمستاد”
  • Piemontese: “Willemstad”
  • Polish: “Willemstad”
  • Portuguese: “Willemstad”
  • Romanian: “Willemstad”
  • Russian: “Виллемстад”
  • Sardinian: “Willemstad”
  • Scots: “Willemstad”
  • Scots: “Willemtoun”
  • Serbian: “Vilemstad”
  • Serbian: “Willemstad”
  • Serbian: “Вилемстад”
  • Serbian: “Виљемстад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vilemstad”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Willemstad”
  • Sinhala: “විලෙම්ස්ටඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Willemstad”
  • Slovenian: “Willemstad”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Guillermo”
  • Spanish: “Willemstad”
  • Swedish: “Willemstad”
  • Tamil: “வில்லெம்ஸ்டாடு”
  • Telugu: “విల్లెంస్టాడ్”
  • Thai: “Willemstad”
  • Thai: “วิลเลมสตัด”
  • Turkish: “Willemstad”
  • Ukrainian: “Віллемстад”
  • Urdu: “ویلمسٹیڈ”
  • Urdu: “ویلمشہرڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Villemstad”
  • Venetian: “Willemstad”
  • Vietnamese: “Willemstad, Antille thuộc Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Willemstad, Antilles Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Willemstad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Willemstad”
  • Welsh: “Willemstad”
  • Western Frisian: “Willemstêd”
  • Wu Chinese: “威廉斯塔德”
  • Yoruba: “Willemstad, Ántíllès àwọn Nẹ́dálándì”
  • Yoruba: “Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles”
  • Yue Chinese: “威廉市”
  • “Willemstad”

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