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==Country== | ==Country== | ||
Curaçao was part of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] until 2010, when it became an independent within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | Curaçao was part of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] until 2010, when it became an independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. | ||
Curaçao is not divided into municipalities, but the island is governed as a whole. None of the villages on the island uses arms. | Curaçao is not divided into municipalities, but the island is governed as a whole. None of the villages on the island uses arms. | ||
==National arms of Curaçao== | ==National arms of Curaçao== | ||
[[File:Curaçao.jpg|center]] | [[File:Curaçao.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | ||
==Other heraldry== | |||
* [[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]] | |||
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[[Category:Curaçao]] | [[Category:Curaçao]] | ||
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