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.ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies</div><div class="ib-country-names"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Curaçao en onderhorigheden</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span><br /><span title="Papiamento-language text"><i lang="pap">Kòrsou y dependenshianan</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Papiamento_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Papiamento language">Papiamento</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1634–1954</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Curaçao and Dependencies"><img alt="Flag of Curaçao and Dependencies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="of Curaçao and Dependencies"><img alt="of Curaçao and Dependencies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg/85px-State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg/128px-State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg/170px-State_coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="595" /></a></span></div> <div>Coat of arms</div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba,_Cura%C3%A7ao,_and_Bonaire_(1893)_(14563454738).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Caribbean, 1893. Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are shaded in red."><img alt="Map of the Caribbean, 1893. Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are shaded in red." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg/250px-On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg/375px-On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg/500px-On_the_birds_of_the_islands_of_Aruba%2C_Cura%C3%A7ao%2C_and_Bonaire_%281893%29_%2814563454738%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3302" data-file-height="2398" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Map of the Caribbean, 1893. Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are shaded in red.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Empire">Dutch colony</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willemstad" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1634</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Proclamation of the <a href="/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom charter</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 10 1954</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">980 km<sup>2</sup> (380 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/20px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish West Indies</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_%281959%E2%80%931986%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden</i>; <a href="/wiki/Papiamento_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Papiamento language">Papiamento</a>: <i lang="pap">Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan</i>) was a Dutch colony in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> from 1634 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954. Between 1936 and 1948, the area was officially known as the <b>Territory of Curaçao</b> (Dutch: <i><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Gebiedsdeel Curaçao</i></span></i>; Papiamento: <i><span title="Papiamento-language text"><i lang="pap">Teritorio di Kòrsou</i></span></i>), and after 1948 as the <b>Netherlands Antilles</b>. With the proclamation of the <a href="/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands">Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> on 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles attained equal status with the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands proper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suriname_(Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)" title="Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)">Suriname</a> in the new <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colony_of_Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a></div> <p>Under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Treaty_of_1814" title="Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814">Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814</a>, the Netherlands regained control over its <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> colonies, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Demerara" title="Demerara">Demerara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essequibo_(colony)" title="Essequibo (colony)">Essequibo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Berbice" title="Berbice">Berbice</a>. In the newly established <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">United Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>, these colonies were organized in the following way until 1828:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalle1975114_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalle1975114-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #dddddd;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Comprised </th></tr> <tr> <td>Curaçao and Dependencies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willemstad" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint Eustatius and Dependencies">Sint Eustatius and Dependencies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Sint_Eustatius" title="Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius">Oranjestad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Surinam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Surinam">Suriname</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramaribo" title="Paramaribo">Paramaribo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As a cost-reducing measure, the three colonies were merged into a single West Indies colony ruled from Paramaribo, Suriname, in 1828. This proved to be an unhappy arrangement, causing it to be partially reverted in 1845. Sint Eustatius did not regain its status as a separate colony, however, and came to be ruled from Willemstad, Curaçao: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background: #dddddd;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Comprised </th></tr> <tr> <td>Curaçao and Dependencies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willemstad,_Cura%C3%A7ao" class="mw-redirect" title="Willemstad, Curaçao">Willemstad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramaribo" title="Paramaribo">Paramaribo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colony_of_Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg/250px-2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg/375px-2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg/500px-2%C2%BD_Gulden_-_Wilhelmina_of_Curacao_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2656" data-file-height="1335" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Silver_coin" title="Silver coin">Silver coin</a>: 2½ gulden <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> - 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1833 and 1938, there was a <b>Colonial Council</b> which was an advisory body of the Colony of Curaçao and predecessor of the States of the Netherlands Antilles. The Colonial Council was established to assist the Governor of the Colony of Curaçao and its members were appointed by the King of the Netherlands . It was based in Curaçao. In 1865, Curaçao's government regulation (Dutch: <i>Regeringsreglement voor Curaçao en onderhorige eilanden</i>) was altered to allow for a limited autonomy for the colony. The structure established in this regulation remained in force until 1936, when the first Constitution of Curaçao was enacted. This new basic law followed on a revision of the Dutch constitution in 1922, in which all references to "colony" were deleted. In the new parliament established in the colony, the Estates of Curaçao, ten out of fifteen members were elected by popular vote, with the remaining five being appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles#List_of_governors_of_Curaçao_and_Dependencies_(1845–1954)" title="Governor of the Netherlands Antilles">governor</a>. Only about 5% of the population of both colonies was allowed to vote in the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200112–13_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200112–13-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindie200361_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindie200361-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gradual_decolonization">Gradual decolonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colony_of_Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gradual decolonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reforms in the government structure of the colony until the Second World War were largely superficial, and thus Curaçao continued to be governed as a colony. This changed after the conclusion of the Second World War. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Queen Wilhelmina</a> had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation—with consent by the Dutch government—of the islands during the war led to increasing demands for autonomy within the population as well.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200129–32_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200129–32-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1948, a new constitution for the territory entered into force, allowing the largest amount of autonomy allowed under the Dutch constitution of 1922. Among other things, <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal suffrage</a> was introduced. The territory was renamed to "Netherlands Antilles" as well. After the Dutch constitution was revised in 1948, a new interim Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles was enacted in February 1951. Shortly thereafter, on 3 March 1951, the <a href="/wiki/Island_Regulation_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles">Island Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i>Eilandenregeling Nederlandse Antillen</i> or <i>ERNA</i>; <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a>: <i>Regulashon Insular delas Antias Hulandes</i> or <i>RIAH</i>) was issued by <a href="/wiki/Royal_decree" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal decree">royal decree</a>, giving fairly substantial autonomy to the various island territories in the Netherlands Antilles. A consolidated version of this regulation remained in force until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200141–44_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200141–44-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new constitution was only deemed an interim arrangement, as negotiations for a <a href="/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands">Charter for the Kingdom</a> were already underway. On 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, and the Netherlands acceded as equal partners to an overarching Kingdom of the Netherlands as established in the <a href="/wiki/Charter_for_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands">Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. With this move, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> deemed decolonization of the territory complete and removed it from the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_non-self-governing_territories" title="United Nations list of non-self-governing territories">United Nations list of non-self-governing territories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200147–56_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200147–56-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colony_of_Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalle1975114_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWalle1975">Walle 1975</a>, p. 114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200112–13-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200112–13_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOostindieKlinkers2001">Oostindie & Klinkers 2001</a>, pp. 12–13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindie200361-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindie200361_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOostindie2003">Oostindie 2003</a>, p. 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200129–32-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200129–32_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOostindieKlinkers2001">Oostindie & Klinkers 2001</a>, pp. 29–32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200141–44-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOostindieKlinkers200141–44_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOostindieKlinkers2001">Oostindie & Klinkers 2001</a>, pp. 41–44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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href="/wiki/Dutch_Bengal" title="Dutch Bengal">Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Persia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Suratte" title="Dutch Suratte">Suratte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commandments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banten_(town)" title="Banten (town)">Bantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Malabar" title="Dutch Malabar">Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padang" title="Padang">West coast of Sumatra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Residency_(administrative_division)" title="Residency (administrative division)">Residencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banten_(town)" title="Banten (town)">Bantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banjarmasin" title="Banjarmasin">Banjarmasin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirebon" title="Cirebon">Cheribon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Malang" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Malang">Malang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palembang" title="Palembang">Palembang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parahyangan" title="Parahyangan">Preanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontianak,_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontianak, Indonesia">Pontianak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Opperhoofd" title="Opperhoofd">Opperhoofd</a> settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Dejima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Mauritius" title="Dutch Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom#Contacts_with_the_West" title="Ayutthaya Kingdom">Siam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Timor" title="West Timor">Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonkin" title="Tonkin">Tonkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tr%E1%BB%8Bnh%E2%80%93Nguy%E1%BB%85n_War" title="Trịnh–Nguyễn War">Vietnam (1637–1643)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Colonies_and_trading_posts_of_the_Dutch_West_India_Company_(1621–1792)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Colonies and trading posts of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a> (1621–1792)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonies in the Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berbice" title="Berbice">Berbice</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Brazil" title="Dutch Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayenne_(Dutch_colony)" title="Cayenne (Dutch colony)">Cayenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_and_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Curaçao and Dependencies">Curaçao and Dependencies</a></li> <li><a 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title="Dutch Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Loango-Angola" title="Dutch Loango-Angola">Loango-Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegambia_(Dutch_West_India_Company)" title="Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)">Senegambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Slave_Coast" title="Dutch Slave Coast">Slave Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Governed by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Berbice" title="Society of Berbice">Society of Berbice</a></li> <li><sup><small>2</small></sup> Governed by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Suriname" title="Society of Suriname">Society of Suriname</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Settlements_of_the_Noordsche_Compagnie_(1614–1642)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Settlements of the <a href="/wiki/Noordsche_Compagnie" title="Noordsche Compagnie">Noordsche Compagnie</a> (1614–1642)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Settlements" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen" title="Jan Mayen">Jan Mayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smeerenburg" title="Smeerenburg">Smeerenburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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Coromandel">Coromandel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Malacca" title="Dutch Malacca">Malacca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Suratte" title="Dutch Suratte">Suratte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1853</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dejima" title="Dejima">Dejima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1872</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Gold_Coast" title="Dutch Gold Coast">Gold Coast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Until 1949</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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