curacaoCuraçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Venezuelan coast, that is a constituent country (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formally called the Country of Curaçao, it includes the main island and the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao (“Little Curaçao”). It has a population of over 150,000 on an area of 444 km2 (171 sq mi) and its capital is Willemstad. Prior to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 10 October 2010, Curaçao was administered as the “Island Territory of Curaçao”, one of five island territories of the former Netherlands Antilles.