Aruba
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Aruba |
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Location of Aruba (circled in red)
in the Caribbean (light yellow) |
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| Capital and largest city |
Oranjestad 12°31′N 70°2′W / 12.517°N 70.033°W |
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| Official languages | |||||
| Ethnic groups | |||||
| Demonym | Aruban | ||||
| Sovereign state |
 Kingdom of the Netherlands
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| Government | Unitary parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy | ||||
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• Monarch
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Willem-Alexander | ||||
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• Governor
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Alfonso Boekhoudt | ||||
| Mike Eman | |||||
| Legislature | Estates of Aruba | ||||
| Autonomy from the Netherlands Antilles | |||||
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• Date
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18 March 1986 | ||||
| Area | |||||
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• Total
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178.91 km2 (69.08 sq mi) | ||||
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• Water (%)
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negligible | ||||
| Population | |||||
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• 2014 estimate
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103,400 (197th) | ||||
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• Density
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612/km2 (1,585.1/sq mi) (22nd) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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US$2.616 billion (190th) | ||||
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• Per capita
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US$25,300 (47th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate | ||||
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• Total
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US$2.991 billion (162nd) | ||||
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• Per capita
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US$28,924 (32nd) | ||||
| HDI (2013) | 0.825 very high |
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| 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 (/əˈruːbə/ 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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