Flag Description

blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; the star represents Aruba and its red soil and white beaches, its four points the four major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) as well as the four points of a compass, to indicate that its inhabitants come from all over the world; the blue symbolizes Caribbean waters and skies; the stripes represent the island's two main "industries": the flow of tourists to the sun-drenched beaches and the flow of minerals from the earth

Background:Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by prosperity brought on by the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery. The last decades of the 20th century saw a boom in the tourism industry. Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.

Total Area: 180 sq km

Land Area:180 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:

Border Countries:

Coastline:68.5 km

Lowest Point:Caribbean Sea 0 m

Highest Point:Ceru Jamanota 188 m

Population:110,663 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:1.36% (2014 est.)

Religion:Roman Catholic 75.3%, Protestant 4.9% (includes Methodist .9%, Adventist .9%, Anglican .4%, other Protestant 2.7%), Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, other 12%, none 5.5%, unspecified 0.5% (2010 est.)

Literacy(%):0.968

Literacy(%) Male:0.969

Literacy(%) Female:96.7% (2010 est.)

Independence Day:none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

National Holiday:Flag Day, 18 March (1976)

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