Aruba

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Aruba

Banner o Aruba
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Coat o airms o Aruba
Coat o airms
AnthemAruba Dushi Tera
Aruba, Dear Kintra
Location o  Aruba  (circled in red) in the Caribbean  (light yellow)
Location o  Aruba  (circled in red)

in the Caribbean  (light yellow)

Caipital
and largest city
Oranjestad
12°31′N 70°2′W / 12.517°N 70.033°W / 12.517; -70.033
Offeecial leids
Releegion
81% Roman Catholic
Demonym(s)Aruban
Sovereign state Kinrick o the Netherlands
GovrenmentUnitary pairlamentary representative democracy unner constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Willem-Alexander
• Governor
Alfonso Boekhoudt
Evelyn Wever-Croes
LegislaturEstates o Aruba
Autonomy frae the Netherlands Antilles
• Date
1 Januar 1986
Aurie
• Total
178.91 km2 (69.08 sq mi)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2013 estimate
102,911[2] (197t)
• Density
575.21/km2 (1,489.8/sq mi) (22nt)
GDP (PPP)2009 estimate
• Total
US$2.516 billion[3] (182nt)
GDP (nominal)2013[4] estimate
• Tot
US$2.565 billion (162th)
• Per capita
US$24,924 (32nt)
CurrencyAruban florin (AWG)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+297
ISO 3166 codeAW
Internet TLD.aw

Aruba (Dutch pronunciation: [aːˈrubaː], Papiamento: [aˈruba]) is an island in the soothren Caribbean Sea, locatit aboot 1,600 kilometre (990 mi) wast o the Lesser Antilles an 29 kilometre (18 mi)[5] north o the coast o Venezuela.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle; Bartens, Angela (2010). Creoles in Education: An Appraisal of Current Programs and Projects. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 268. ISBN 978-90-272-5258-6.
  2. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, UNDESA.
  3. Aruba Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, The World Factbook.
  4. http://www.cbaruba.org/cba/readBlob.do?id=2711
  5. "Aruba". Retrieved 10 August 2014. Unknown parameter |encyclopedia= ignored (help)

Coordinates: 12°30′N 69°58′W / 12.500°N 69.967°W / 12.500; -69.967