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Aruba

Aruba
Flag of Aruba
Coat of arms of Aruba
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Aruba Dushi Tera
Aruba, Sweet Land
Location of  Aruba  (circled in red)in the Caribbean  (light yellow)
Location of  Aruba  (circled in red)

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Capital
and largest city
Oranjestad
12°31′N 70°2′W / 12.517°N 70.033°W / 12.517; -70.033
Official languages
Ethnic groups
Demonym Aruban
Sovereign state  Kingdom of the Netherlands
Government Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Willem-Alexander
• Governor
Alfonso Boekhoudt
Mike Eman
Legislature Estates of Aruba
Autonomy from the Netherlands Antilles
• Date
18 March 1986
Area
• Total
178.91 km2 (69.08 sq mi)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2014 estimate
103,400 (197th)
• Density
612/km2 (1,585.1/sq mi) (22nd)
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate
• Total
US$2.616 billion (190th)
• Per capita
US$25,300 (47th)
GDP (nominal) 2013 estimate
• Total
US$2.991 billion (162nd)
• Per capita
US$28,924 (32nd)
HDI (2013) 0.825
very high
Currency Aruban florin (AWG)
Time zone AST (UTC−4)
Drives on the right
Calling code +297
ISO 3166 code AW
Internet TLD .aw

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Aruba (/əˈrbə/ ə-ROO-bə; Dutch: [aːˈrubaː]) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela. It measures 32 kilometres (20 mi) long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and 10 kilometres (6 mi) across at its widest point. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.

Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The citizens of these countries all share a single nationality: Dutch. Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into eight regions. Its capital is Oranjestad.


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