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12.5411°N 70.0375°W. / 12.5411; -70.0375. Website. arubaaloe.com. Royal Aruba Aloe is a company in Aruba that cultivates and produces aloe-derived products. It also contains its own aloe museum. [1] A tour of the museum and factory provides insight into the Aruba aloe production process, along with the 160-year history of aloe cultivation in ...
Aruba ( / əˈruːbə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento: [aˈruba] ), officially the Country of Aruba ( Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba ), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea. Aruba is located approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi ...
Despite setbacks caused by the troubled gold and aloe industries, Aruba's economy didn't suffer long. Because of its location near Venezuela, the island became an attractive spot for oil refineries. The Lago Oil and Transport Company, owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon), opened in 1929 near the transshipping port of San Nicolaas.
Alto Vista Chapel is a small Catholic chapel that stands on the hills above the north shore of the sea and to the northeast of the town of Noord, on the island of Aruba, 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela. The church, painted on the outside in stark bright yellow, makes it a conspicuous religious monument for people to visit.
Hooiberg ( Dutch: /ˈɦojbɛrx/ ( listen ⓘ )) is a distinctively shaped, 165 m (541 ft) conical hill located at the heart of the island of Aruba. This geological formation is a prominent and recognizable landmark that has long captured the attention of locals and visitors alike—Hooiberg is Aruba's centerpiece. [2]
A map of Aruba, showing points of interest. The island of Aruba is one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea. Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into six districts, each of which has many neighbourhoods within it.
The Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1302) covers the dry land on the semi-arid islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the southern Caribbean Sea, about 80 km from the mainland of Venezuela. In low-lying coastal areas the islands also support mangrove wetlands. The landscape features a range of cactus species and ...
BSh. Oranjestad ( UK: / ɒˈrænjəstɑːt / orr-AN-yə-staht, [2] US: / ɔːˈrɑːn -, oʊˈrɑːn -/ or-AHN-, oh-RAHN-, [3] [4] Dutch: [oːˈrɑɲəstɑt]; literally " Orange City"), the capital and most populous of Aruba 's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island. In Papiamento, the local language, Oranjestad is ...