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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 ...
This represents a significant 103% growth in less than two decades. While Aruba is a small island, there were relatively few large-scale tourism activities and infrastructure developments in other geographical areas from 1995 to 2019. [30] The designated tourism zone, established in the late 1980s, covers about 16% of the island's total land area.
Aruba – Caribbean island nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [1] Aruba comprises the Island of Aruba , an island of the Lesser Antilles archipelago , 33 kilometres (21 mi) in length in the southern Caribbean Sea , 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of the Paraguaná Peninsula , Falcón State , Venezuela .
Aruba: 180 74 Aruba: 40 Tortuga: 178 69 Haiti: 41 Saint Kitts: 168 65 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 42 San Salvador Island: 163 63 Bahamas: 43 Barbuda: 161 61 Antigua and Barbuda 44 Marie Galante: 158 61 Guadeloupe: 45 Great Exuma: 158 61 Bahamas: 46 La Tortuga Island: 156.6 61 Venezuela ( Federal Dependencies of Venezuela) 47 Crooked Island: 148 57 ...
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.
The touristically named Renaissance Island (formerly Sonesta Island) [36] is a 40-acre (16 ha) cay (or barrier reef) island, officially known as the Bucuti Rif [37] [38] and it is off the coast near Oranjestad. It is privately owned and has the only private beaches on Aruba. [39] There are two beaches: Iguana Beach and Flamingo Beach.
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Curaçao's flora differ from typical tropical island vegetation. Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub is the most notable, with various forms of cacti, thorny shrubs, evergreen, and watapana trees (Libidibia coriaria; called divi-divi on Aruba), which are characteristic of the ABC islands and the national symbol of Aruba.