Bible Society work in Curaçao
Bible
Society in Netherlands Antilles
Postbus 3466
Curaçao
Netherlands Antilles
Tel: +(599)-(0)9-7376711 / 7376659
Fax: +(599)-(0)9-7372387
E-mail: biblena@cura.net |
Bible
Society
website
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Country Data:
| Area: |
800 sq.km. |
| Population: |
302,182 (1999) |
| Annual Per Capita
Income: |
US$18,075 (highest
country)
US$9,695 (lowest country) |
| Literate Population: |
96.7% (1995) |
| Religions in
% of Population (2000): |
Roman Catholic |
73.5%
|
| Protestant |
19.0%
|
| Jehovahs Witness |
2.6%
|
| Buddhist |
0.4%
|
| Jewish |
0.3%
|
| Baháí |
0.2%
|
| Muslim |
0.2%
|
| Other |
3.8%
|
| Official Languages: |
Dutch, Papiamentu |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: |
1825 |
| Date of formation of Bible
Society: |
1969 |
| Date of Associate Membership
in UBS: |
1995 |
| Islands served: |
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Population
|
Beginning of organised
work
|
| Aruba |
95,201
|
1929
|
| Bonaire |
14,326
|
1844
|
| Curaçao |
148,047
|
1844
|
| Saba |
1,596
|
1844
|
| St Eustatius |
2,233
|
1825
|
| St Maarten |
40,779
|
1825
|
Common-language
Bible for the Papiamentu (June 1997)
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