Kralendijk is the capital city 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. In Dutch, Koralendijk (of which the name Kralendijk is a degeneration) means "coral reef" or "coral dike". In Papiamentu, the town is often called
Playa or "beach". , the town had a population of 3,061.