Aruba and the Status Aparte - Oranjestad, Aruba
Posted by: denben
N 12° 31.075 W 070° 02.135
19P E 387481 N 1384045
The sign on Aruba and the Status Aparte is located on the site of the Aruba Historical Museum, in downtown Oranjestad, Aruba.
Waymark Code: WMZXD9
Location: Aruba
Date Posted: 01/18/2019
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Aruba is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. (
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The Aruba Historical Museum is located at 6 Zoutmanstraat in Oranjestad. It is housed within the oldest buildings of Aruba, the Fort Zoutman and the Willem III Tower.
The sign reads:
"Aruba and the Status Aparte - After five decades of political struggle, Aruba obtained its separate status within the Dutch Kingdom on January 1st, 1986. Tourism, first initiated in the 1950's, strongly expanded and became the main economic pillar. Aruba hosts over one million tourists each year. The need for labor resulted in immigration from the Americas, the Caribbean, the Philippines and the Netherlands."