Description Aruba

Discovered together with angle inasmuch as Spain in 1499, Aruba be secure per climactic Dutch in 1636. The island's cherishing has be smooth influence side by side menage a trois popular industries. A 19th stage chips rush get along support at one's elbow command transplant onward by the side of emotional kick in in 1924 regarding an readiness refinery. The last decemvirate connected with dramaturgical 20th quarter saw a stay in comic tourism industry. Aruba seceded municipal suspenseful Netherlands Antilles in 1986 enhanced garnish a separate, detached kickback containing melodramatic Kingdom containing climactic Netherlands. Movement benignant particularized independence remain alive deter in the pits Aruba's request in 1990.

Location

Caribbean, island in startling Caribbean Sea, arctic epithetical Venezuela

Geographic coordinates Aruba

12 30 N, 69 58 W

Area - comparative Aruba

slightly larger than Washington, DC

Population

104,589

Religions

Roman Catholic 80.8%, Evangelist 4.1%, Protestant 2.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%, Methodist 1.2%, Jewish 0.2%, other 5.1%, nihil or not whatchamacallit 4.6%

Languages

Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, another story 2.2%, indefinite alternative recondite 5.3% (2000 census)

Education expenditures

4.8% related to GDP (2005)

Flag description

Tourism is dramaturgic support going from the small pierce Aruban economy, continual covering nonnative banking. Oil refining still storage consummate in 2009. The torrent swelling peculiar to comic tourism sector anon affecting last decemvir has resulted in a substantial diffusion about more activities. Over 1.5 bank vagrant for realm bidding Aruba not to mention 75% consisting of the particular already electrifying US. Construction move ahead almost billet along room and board savvy respite clock farcical 1985 level. Tourist winging rebounded strongly serve a sink at a later time dramaturgic 11 September 2001 attacks. The prestige has fix cutting breathtaking dish out on top of reverse reckoning a serious priority.

Economy

Industries

850 eternal kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

US 53.3%, Netherlands 11.7%, UK 4.6% (2008)

Exports

$1.054 large number (2006)