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'''Political status''' autonomous state of the Netherlands with one legislative house (Staten/Parlamento di Aruba, or Parliament of Aruba | {| width=336 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Aruba map locator.gif|336px]]<br>Location of Aruba within | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:Aruba_map.gif|336px]]<br>Map of Aruba | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:Aruba flag.gif|336px]]<br>Flag Description of Aruba: 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 | |||
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'''Official name''' Aruba<br> | |||
'''Political status''' autonomous state of the Netherlands with one legislative house (Staten/Parlamento di Aruba, or Parliament of Aruba )<br> | |||
'''Head of state''' Dutch Monarch: King Willem-Alexander, represented by Governor: Fredis Refunjol<br> | '''Head of state''' Dutch Monarch: King Willem-Alexander, represented by Governor: Fredis Refunjol<br> | ||
'''Head of government''' Prime Minister: Mike Eman<br> | '''Head of government''' Prime Minister: Mike Eman<br> | ||