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Continent: South America

Capital: Willemstad

Area: 444 km²

Population: 149,648

Part of: Netherlands (Constituent Country)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Aruba , → Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , ↓ Venezuela

Religions: Roman Catholic 72.8%, Pentecostal 6.6%, Protestant 3.2%, Adventist 3%, Jehovah's Witness 2%, Evangelical 1.9%, other 3.8%, none 6%, unspecified 0.6%

Languages: Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 81.2%, Dutch (official) 8%, Spanish 4%, English (official) 2.9%, other 3.9%

Ethnic Groups: Afro-Caribbean majority; Dutch, French, Latin American, East Asian, South Asian, Jewish minorities

Area: 800 km²

Catholic Population: 159,000 Catholics (71.6% of 222,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes, 1 other centre

Clergy: 1 bishop (diocesan), 49 priests (41 diocesan, 8 religious), 8 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 39 religious (11 brothers, 28 sisters), 12 major seminarians, 2 missionaries, 90 catechists