Kralendijk
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 9 ′ N , 68 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Bonaire | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | BQ-BO | ||
| Residents | 2065 (2011) | ||
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Kralendijk is the capital of Bonaire , a Dutch island in the Lesser Antilles north of Venezuela .
Flamingo International Airport is south of the city .
administration
Kralendijk is divided into three districts:
- Playa (center) with 250 inhabitants
- Playa Pabou with 1065 inhabitants
- Playa Pariba with 759 inhabitants
Kralendijk is the seat of the police authority responsible for all BES islands ( Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland ).
Worth seeing
The Protestant church was built in 1647. That to protect the harbor of the Dutch West India Company built Fort Oranje was constructed in 1639 and is the oldest stone buildings on the island. In the 20th century it was used as a prison, police station and fire station.
photos
View of the place
Wilhelmina Square
Government building
Sons and daughters of Kralendijk
- Ferdinand Bernabela (* 20th century), football coach
- Kiri Thode (* 1990), windsurfer
- Justin Michel (born 1995), football player
- Amado Vrieswijk (* 1996), windsurfer
Web links
- Tourism website with detailed information about the island and Kralendijk (English, Dutch, Spanish)
- Local island newspaper (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demography in districts of Bonaire, yesterday and today ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 23, 2017.
- ↑ Fort Oranje, lighthouse on the coast . In: KLM.com . ( klm.com [accessed June 22, 2018]).
