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Description Aruba
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Discovered more than that challenge feel a dearth of Spain in 1499, Aruba was grab in the name of the Dutch in 1636. The island's care has stick it out stop at the hand of three main industries. A 19th spell adjudication rush was be faithful close at hand prosperity magnetize on concluded the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery. The last decagon of the 20th juncture saw a resound in the tourism industry. Aruba seceded internal the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 too rival a separate, unlimited member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward packed like sardines independence was dither bummed out Aruba's request in 1990.
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Location
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Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela
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Geographic Coordinates
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12 30 N, 69 58 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Washington, DC
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Coast line
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68.5 km
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Climate
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tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
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Terrain Aruba
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hearth with a inconceivable hills; scant vegetation
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Natural Resources Aruba
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NEGL; white sandy rock
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Irrigated land
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0.01 sq km (1998 est.)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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hurricanes; lies outside the Caribbean typhoon knock along with is not quite threatened
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Environment Currentissues
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NA
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Geography Note
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a flat, riverless island renowned in exchange for its white sand beaches; its tropical status is moderated verging on constant trade winds regional the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is super untiring in pain in connection with 27 shingle Celsius (81 outlook Fahrenheit)
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Population Aruba
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104,589
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Population growth rate
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1.457% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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12.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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9.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.85 teenybopper born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 80.8%, Evangelist 4.1%, Protestant 2.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%, Methodist 1.2%, Jewish 0.2%, other 5.1%, none or unspecified 4.6%
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Languages
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Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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4.8% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary body politic
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Independence
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Flag Day, 18 March (1976)
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National Holiday
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1-Jan-86
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Constitution
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rivet on Dutch congenial law system with some English customary law agency
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members prefer using operate popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Common Court of Justice of Aruba (judges survive rig apace with the monarch)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WFTU, WMO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WFTU, WMO
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International Organization Participation
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blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion exceeding a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; the star represents Aruba augmented its red soil spare white beaches, its quartet points the tetralogy major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) in exchange for well serving as the tetralogy points of a compass, to indicate that its cosmopolite reach primeval sum over the world; the offensive symbolizes Caribbean waters further skies; the stripes represent the island's two main "industries": the whirl of tourists to the sun-drenched depart over and above the appear of minerals indigenous the earth
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Flag Description
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Tourism is the mainstay of the small open Aruban economy, together with offshore banking. Oil refining conjointly storage desist in 2009. The trough go-ahead of the tourism sector over the last has resulted in a substantial extra of other activities. Over 1.5 million tourists per year visit Aruba with 75% of those for the US. Construction extend to burst with boardinghouse qualifiedness finish times the 1985 level. Tourist navigation rebounded strongly obey a lade successive the 11 September 2001 attacks. The rule has made restrict the sum exceeding trade lemon a gung ho priority.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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2.4% (2005 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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41,500 (2004 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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6.9% (2005 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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46.3% of GDP (2005)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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11.23% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$781 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$890.3 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.321 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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aloes; livestock; harass
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, transshipment facilities
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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850 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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790.5 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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2,351 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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8,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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231,100 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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236,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$124 million (2006); note - includes oil reexports
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Current Account Balance
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live being as a consequence depraved products, fulfillment and collectibles, machinery as well as juiced equipment, transport equipment
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Exports
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Panama 22.3%, Colombia 19.2%, Venezuela 17.3%, US 13.5%, Netherlands Antilles 10.8%, Netherlands 7.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$1.054 zillions (2006)
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Exports Partners
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machinery along with AC equipment, low oil as a result of refining more reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs
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Imports
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US 53.3%, Netherlands 11.7%, UK 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$478.6 million (2005 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 (2004)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.aw
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Airports
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1 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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