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The stems are four-angled (square), hairy, and green to reddish in color. Leaves are opposite, simple, and measure up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long and 3 centimetres (1 inch) across. This photograph, which was focus-stacked from 50 separate images, shows a V. hastata inflorescence. Photograph credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Fort Oranje The restored 'Gezaghebber House' on Kerkstraat. The first colonist arrived between 1625 and 1629. [5] Sint Eustatius produced sugar and cotton, but most importantly developed into a centre of the North American slave trade. [6] In 1780, the island had an estimated population of 20,000 people including slaves.
Many of these neighbourhoods have names, but are not considered by the Aruban government to be separate political or administrative entities. The capital of Aruba is the city of Oranjestad . The following is a list of districts in the country of Aruba , with known neighbourhoods and villages listed beneath them.
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The harbour at Oranjestad was large enough, however the cargo ships had to share the port with cruise ships which often caused problems. [1] The first priority was to move the container terminal. Work began in 2011, and the move was completed in 2015. [4] On 12 April 2016, the Barcadera harbour was officially opened by Prime minister Mike Eman. [1]
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 ...
It was the second harbour on Aruba after Commandeurs Baai (Commander's Bay) in Savaneta. [3] The bay later became known as Paardenbaai (Bay of Horses) because the harbour was mainly used to ship horses to Jamaica and other places. The village near the harbour had no name and was often referred to as Paardenbaai. In 1820, it was named Oranjestad ...
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