Saliña, Curaçao

Saliña
Saliña
Neighbourhood
	Stairs in Saliña
	Saliña Location in Curaçao
	Coordinates: 12°6′19″N 68°54′12″W / 12.10528°N 68.90333°W
State	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Country	Curaçao
City	Willemstad
Population (2011)
• Total	2,538

Saliña is a residential area in southeast Curaçao located in the eastern part of the capital, Willemstad.^[2] The word Saliña in Papiamentu means salt lake. Most of the lake has been poldered for housing developments. The neighborhood started as the plantation Saliña Abou in 1726.^[3]

Saliña is one of the primary shopping and office districts on the island^[4] with many retail stores, restaurants, cafes, banks and a mall. Its main road heads towards the east into the Caracasbaaiweg, which runs to the Caracas Bay and the Jan Thiel Beach with several major resorts.

References

^ "Census 2011". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 3.
^ Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 8.
^ Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 11.

"Salinja and Saliña Galleries". Willemstad, Curaçao: Curaçao Tourism Board. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

Bibliography

Buurtprofiel Saliña (2011). "Buurtprofiel Saliña" (PDF). Government of Curaçao (in Dutch).

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[1] "Census 2011". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[FOOTNOTEBuurtprofiel_Saliña20113-2] Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 3.

[FOOTNOTEBuurtprofiel_Saliña20118-3] Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 8.

[FOOTNOTEBuurtprofiel_Saliña201111-4] Buurtprofiel Saliña 2011, p. 11.

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