It is the largest of the ABC islands in both area and population as well as the largest of the Dutch Caribbean.
Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curaçao ( / ˈ k j ʊər ə s oʊ, - s aʊ, ˌ k j ʊər ə ˈ s oʊ, - ˈ s aʊ/ KURE-ə-soh, KURE-ə-sow, kure-ə- SOH, or kure-ə- SOW, Dutch: ⓘ or, Papiamentu: ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( Dutch: Land Curaçao Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuela coast.
