{{Infobox settlement | name = Bandariba | image_skyline = File:Santa Barbara Curacaco (213574235).jpeg | image_caption = Aerial view of Santa Barbara | pushpin_map = Curaçao | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = Location in Curaçao | coordinates = {{coord|12.0932|-68.8317|region:CW|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Curaçao | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = BSh | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://curacaodata.cbs.cw/census-2011|title=Census 2011|website=Central Bureau of Statistics|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601011149/https://curacaodata.cbs.cw/census-2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 20,838 | population_density_km2 = }} '''Bandariba''' (also: '''Banda'riba''') is a district of the island of Curaçao. It is one of the three districts and encompasses the south-eastern part of the island.<ref name="op">{{cite web|url=https://www.opnaarcuracao.nl/bestemmingen/ |title=Noordwest-Curacao|website=Op Naar Curaçao|access-date=24 April 2021|language=nl}}</ref> The name is Papiamentu and translates to "upside".<ref name="villa"/> The district contains the towns and villages of Santa Rosa,<ref name="santa">{{cite web|url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buurtprofiel_Santa_Rosa._.pdf |title=Buurtprofiel Santa Rosa|last1=Buurtprofiel Santa Rosa|year=2011|website=Government of Curaçao|language=nl|page=8}}</ref> Spaanse Water,<ref name="spaans">{{cite web|url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buurtprofiel_Spaanse_Water_.pdf |title=Buurtprofiel Spaanse Water|last1=Buurtprofiel Spaanse Water|year=2011|website=Government of Curaçao|language=nl}}</ref>{{rp|6}} Montaña,<ref name="montana">{{cite web|url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buurtprofiel_Monta__a_Abou_.pdf |title=Buurtprofiel Montaña Abou|website=Government of Curaçao|page=9|language=nl}}</ref> Seru Grandi,<ref name="seru">{{cite web|url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buurtprofiel_Seru_Grandi_.pdf|title=Buurtprofiel Seru Grandi|website=Government of Curaçao|page=14|language=nl}}</ref> and Oostpunt.<ref name="villa"/>
==History== In 1634, Curaçao was conquered by the Dutch West Indies Company, and the city of Punda was founded. In order to feed the population, plantations were established on the island.<ref name="canon">{{cite web|url=https://canoncuracao.cw/11-ontwikkeling-nederzettingen-en-barios-buiten-willemstad/ |title=11. De ontwikkeling van bewoning buiten Willemstad|website=Canon of Curaçao|access-date=22 April 2021|language=nl}}</ref> The plantations were small-scale due to the infertile ground and produced yams, mangos, oranges, or raised livestock.<ref name="slaven">{{cite web|url=https://knipselkrant-curacao.com/de-slaven-opstand-van-1795/ |title=De slaven Opstand van 1795|website=Knipselkrant Curaçao|access-date=22 April 2021|language=nl}}</ref> Bandariba later attracted free and freed slaves who settled in the vacant land.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Bandariba&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1970-1979%7C&page=1&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010461108:mpeg21:a0063&resultsidentifier=ddd:010461108:mpeg21:a0063&rowid=3|title=Sambubu|website=Amigoe via Delpher|date=24 February 1972|language=nl}}</ref>
In the 19th century, the Roman Catholic church founded the villages of Santa Rose and Montaña in order to educate and convert the former slave population.<ref name="spaans"/>{{rp|6}} In 1875, a large-scale phosphate mine was opened near the Tafelberg,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/ |last1=Benjamins |first1=Herman Daniël|last2=Snelleman |first2=Johannes |title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië|year=1917|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|language=nl|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|location=Leiden|page=560|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> In 1927, Royal Dutch Shell built an oil terminal at Spaanse Water.<ref name="beautiful">{{cite web|url=https://www.beautiful-curacao.nl/bezienswaardigheden/fort-beekenburg.php |title=Fort Beekenburg|access-date=24 April 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
thumb|left|Oostpunt The current division of the island dates from 1930 when Willemstad was extended to include most of the suburbs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010528109:mpeg21:a0045 |title=Nieuwe Indeeling van Curaçao|website=De Tijd via Delpher.nl|date=30 October 1930|language=nl|access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> During the late 20th century, tourism became important and Bandariba saw the development of tourist resorts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamayabeach.com/spaanse-water-jan-thiel/|title=Spaanse Water Jan Thiel|access-date=24 April 2021|language=nl|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218154014/https://www.lamayabeach.com/spaanse-water-jan-thiel/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The village of Oostpunt, the most eastern point of the island, is private property of the Maal family,<ref name="villa"/> and most of the {{convert|54|km2}}{{sfn|Buurtprofiel Oostpunt|2011|p=10}} area surrounding the villages of Oostpunt, Sint Joris, and Santa Catharina{{sfn|Buurtprofiel Oostpunt|2011|p=6}} is off limits.{{sfn|Buurtprofiel Oostpunt|2011|p=8}} The village of Oostpunt is only inhabited by Willy Maal and his mother.{{sfn|Buurtprofiel Oostpunt|2011|p=24}} Oostpunt covers about 10% of the island.{{sfn|Buurtprofiel Oostpunt|2011|p=6}}
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==Villages== * Montaña Abou<ref name="montana"/> * Montaña Rey<ref name="montana"/> * Nieuwpoort<ref name="nieuwpoort">{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.nl/informatie/curacao/curacao/nieuwpoort/ |title=Nieuwpoort|website=TUI|access-date=24 April 2021|language=nl}}</ref> * Oostpunt<ref name="villa">{{cite web|url=https://www.villaseashell.com/post/where-is-curacao-located |title=Where is Curacao Located?|website=Villa Sea Shell}}</ref> * Santa Barbara<ref name="spaans"/> * Santa Rosa<ref name="santa"/> * Seru Grandi<ref name="seru"/> * Spaanse Water<ref name="spaans"/>{{rp|6}}
==References== <references/>
==Bibliography== * {{cite web |url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Buurtprofiel_Oostpunt_.pdf |title=Buurtprofiel Oostpunt |year=2011 |website=Government of Curaçao |page=6 |access-date=24 April 2021 |language=nl |ref=CITEREFBuurtprofiel_Oostpunt2011}}
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Category:Districts of Curaçao