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Kralendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkraːlə(n)dɛik]) is the capital and main port of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. As of 2017, the town had a population of 10,620. [1] In Papiamentu, the town is often called Playa or "beach".
Kralendijk Lighthouse (or Fort Oranje Lighthouse) is an active lighthouse in the town of Kralendijk, Bonaire, in the Caribbean Netherlands. It was built in 1932 on the grounds of Fort Oranje , a 17th century fort.
Some geologists place Bonaire's location on the South American continental shelf; [56] while others place the island's location on or above the Caribbean plate. [57] The island is essentially coral that has been geologically pushed up and out of the sea. [46] As the seabed rose upwards a vast coral reef grew on what is now dry land. [58]
The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.These islands have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815.
The location was chosen because it was surrounded by hills and out of sight from pirates. [3] The availability of fresh water allowed for agriculture. [2] As of 2017 it has a population of 1,875. [1] The only other formally recognized town on Bonaire is Kralendijk. [4] The St. Louis Bertrand Church is located in Rincon. [5]
Antriol (also Entrejol) [1] is a neighbourhood of Kralendijk on the island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles. It used to be a separate village which merged with four other villages -- Nikiboko, Noord Saliña, Playa, and Tera Kora -- to form Kralendijk.