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Aruba (/ ə ˈ r uː b ə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch pronunciation: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento pronunciation:), officially the Country of Aruba (Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba), is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 ...
The Aruban tourism industry dates to the 1930s when the first commercial airline landed on Aruba and a guest house was established in Oranjestad.Starting in the early 1960s with the rise of a new wave in the tourism industry and the opening of the first luxury resort, Aruba Caribbean Hotel, a national aspiration arose to become "The little Miami of the Caribbean".
The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.These islands have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815.
Aruba: zoals het was, zoals het werd: van de tijd der Indianen tot op heden [Aruba: As it was, as it became: From the time of the Indians to the present] (in Dutch). Aruba: Van Dorp. Karner, Frances P. (1969). The Sephardics of Curaçao: A study of socio-cultural patterns in flux. Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Comp N.V. Lennep Coster, G. van ...
History of Aruba by period (4 C) A. Archaeological sites in Aruba (1 C) Archives in Aruba (1 P) E. Events in Aruba (6 C) F. Forts in Aruba (2 P) P. Plantations in ...
This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. ... History of Aruba – Aruba (Dutch crown dependency) History of ...
The chapel located on the Aruba Island is situated close to Noord at its northeastern corner, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the California Lighthouse. Queen Beatrix International Airport is at Oranjestad, from where the entire island is connected by a network of roads.
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