Curacao At-A-Glance
Location: Southwestern Caribbean, 35 miles north of Venezuela
Size: 171 square miles (38 miles long by 5 miles wide), the largest island in the Netherlands Antilles group
Climate: Averages an idyllic 82° daily with no rainy season and lies completely outside the hurricane belt
Language: Dutch and Papiamento officially, with English and Spanish widely spoken
Currency: Netherlands Antilles guilder or florin (divided into 100 cents), though U.S. dollars and major credit cards accepted most everywhere