Portuguese Curaçaoans Explained

Group:	Portuguese Curaçaoans
Native Name:	Portuguese Curaçaoanos Portugueses Papiamentu: Yu di Kòrsounan Portugues
Population:	3.000+
Total Ref:	^[1]
Regions:	Willemstad, Bandariba, Bandabou
Langs:	Portuguese, Papiamentu, Dutch, English
Rels:	Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Related:	Portuguese ArubansPortuguese SurinamesePortuguese GuyanesePortuguese diaspora

Portuguese Curaçaoans are descendants of Portuguese immigrants to the island of Curaçao. Many Portuguese laborers, namely from Madeira, immigrated to Curaçao to work in the Curaçaoan oil and agricultural industries in from the 1920s to 1950s.^[2] According to the Madeiran Government, there are over 3.000 (Madeiran) Portuguese Curaçaoans in Curaçao and around 6.000 total in the former Netherlands Antilles islands today.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historial da Emigração da R.A.M. .
2. PORTUGUESE LABOR MIGRATION TO CURAÇAO . 24706367 . Do Rego . Charles P. . Caribbean Studies . 2014 . 42 . 2 . 155–179 . 10.1353/crb.2014.0032 .
3. Web site: Historial da Emigração da R.A.M. . 2024-11-25 . ccmm.madeira.gov.pt.