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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 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 island of Aruba is also a constituent country of the Kingdom; Aruba gaining its status in 1986 after seceding from The Netherlands Antilles. The constituent countries of the Dutch kingdom are autonomous (self-governing) while the special municipalities (Caribbean Netherlands) are legally part of the constituent country of The Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ⓘ; Papiamento: Antia Hulandes), [2] also known as the Dutch Antilles, [3] was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, and Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the Leeward Antilles.
In 1990 Aruba and the Netherlands decided to reverse the original condition of independence and keep Aruba in the Kingdom. Negotiations were finalized in 1994. After Curaçao and Sint Maarten got a similar status as Aruba, in 2010, the status aparte of Aruba as a result practically ceased to exist. [1]
Aruba Constitution was approved unanimously on August 9, 1985, and was proclaimed on August 19, 1985 On January 1, 1986, Aruba gained Status aparte and became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands , which now consists of the four constituent countries: Aruba, Curacao , St. Maarten and the Netherlands .
This is a list of airlines currently operating in the Dutch Caribbean, that is, the Caribbean Islands that formerly comprised the Netherlands Antilles and remain part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The islands are Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maartin, each of which is a constituent country of the Kingdom, as well as the special municipalities ...
The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; in Papiamentu: Statuut di Reino Hulandes) is a legal instrument that sets out the political relationship among the four countries that constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean and the Netherlands (for the most part) in Europe.