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No. of oil tanks. 34. The Arend Petroleum Company Ltd. was originally established in 1927 as "Compania Mexicana de Petrol el Aquila" on the island of Aruba. However, it underwent a name change and became more commonly known as "Arend" or "Eagle". The Arend was a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. [1]
Population. (2010) [1] • Total. 1,112. Lago Colony was a community located on the east end of the island of Aruba, near the area presently known as Seroe Colorado. The town consisted of 377 homes, [2] a hospital, [3][4] church, club house, bowling alley, and an American School, with first through twelfth grades and approximately 180 students ...
Arashi is one of the best sites to fish for bonefish in Aruba and the fish was an important part of the Aruba Caquetío diet. [3] Another possibility is that Arashi is a bastardized form of Arasi or Araci in which case the components Ara and Ci would mean "people" and "head", respectively. In this case, the name Arashi would then have the ...
It is privately owned and has the only private beaches on Aruba. [39] There are two beaches: Iguana Beach and Flamingo Beach. A Beechcraft 18 and a Convair 400 were both deliberately sunk about 50 yards (46 m) offshore to create a diving site. [40] Flamingoes can be seen on the island. [41] However, they are not native to Aruba. [42]
The beaches of Aruba include the following: Andicuri Beach, 12°32′25″N 69°57′15″W. / 12.54017°N 69.95405°W / 12.54017; -69.95405 ( Andicuri Bay) [1] Arashi Beach, 12°36′34″N 70°03′14″W. / 12.60955°N 70.05398°W / 12.60955; -70.05398 ( Arashi Cove Beach) [2] [1] Baby Beach, 12°24′53″N 69°52 ...
Lamu Island is a port, city, and island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately 150 miles from Mombasa. It is a part of the East African country of Kenya. [ 1 ] Lamu was founded in the 12th century. [ 2 ] Lamu is one of the longest-established and best-preserved remaining settlements of the Swahili tradition in east Africa ...
Nearly one million tourists enter this port per year. Aruba Ports Authority, owned and operated by the Aruban government, runs these seaports. The Arrivals building at Queen Beatrix International Airport. Arubus is a government-owned bus company. Its buses operate from 3:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m., 365 days a year.
Tourism. The beach is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) long, from the Kongo river to the north and Galu beach to the south (the southern point of reference is an old Baobab tree). Diani is one of the most prominent tourism resort areas of Kenya. The indigenous people of the area are the Digo, one of the nine ethnic communities known as the Mijikenda.