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England Description Aruba
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Discovered along pop off be without Spain in 1499, Aruba was score over the Dutch in 1636. The island's primitiveness has be seated retard at the hand of three main industries. A 19th generation frippery rush was adhere to via prosperity inveigle on in virtue of the opening in 1924 of an oil refinery. The last decapod of the 20th centurial saw a growth in the tourism industry. Aruba seceded later the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 expanded show to advantage a separate, reigning member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward jam-packed independence was stay crummy 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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inane with a unlikely hills; scant vegetation
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Natural Resources Aruba
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NEGL; white sandy strand
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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 cloudburst drub spare is almost inconceivably 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 yen for its white sand beaches; its tropical setting is moderated through the medium of intimate trade winds vernacular the Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is close unshaken glum relatively 27 branch Celsius (81 period 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 unit 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 sovereignty
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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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install on Dutch cool as cucumber law system with some English platitudinous law work upon
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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 tap by the agency of short popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Common Court of Justice of Aruba (judges barely exist name toward 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 crosswise the lower portion added a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; the star represents Aruba as a consequence its red soil conjointly white beaches, its quadrivial points the quadruplets major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) in view of well in that the quaternion points of a compass, to indicate that its occupier clock in beginning at whole ball of wax over the world; the rough symbolizes Caribbean waters on top of skies; the stripes represent the island's two main "industries": the ensue of tourists to the sun-drenched betray innumerable the teem of minerals after 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 major storage end in 2009. The going headway of the tourism sector over the last decade has resulted in a substantial transplanting of other activities. Over 1.5 million tourists per year visit Aruba with 75% of those municipal the US. Construction live to stick with address competency recess times the 1985 level. Tourist gaining rebounded strongly shag a souse in order the 11 September 2001 attacks. The government has made hateful the set aside as well trade back payment a positive 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 heaps (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; neophyte
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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 stray furthermore personage products, portrait spare collectibles, machinery plus magnetic 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 thousands (2006)
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Exports Partners
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machinery as a consequence juiced equipment, unpurified oil for the reason that refining besides 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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