Like Aruba, the islands Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Aruba became a British protectorate from 1940 to 1942 and a US protectorate from 1942 to 1945.

With the discovery of gold on Aruba in 1800, mining became the island's foremost industry.

Jones owned the King International Casino in Aruba which later became the Grand Holiday Casino.

On October 27, 1998, Air Aruba N. V. secured a takeover by the Venezuelan airline Aserca who became the majority owner of Air Aruba.

As it entered the Caribbean Sea, Ivan reintensified rapidly and became a Category 5 hurricane just north of the Windward Netherlands Antilles ( Curaçao and Bonaire ) and Aruba on September 9 with winds reaching 160 mph ( 260 km / h ).

Years later, the English took over Aruba for a brief period, but it quickly returned to Dutch rule in 1816 and remained that way until 1985, when Aruba became a separate entity within the kingdom of the Netherlands.

When he made his major league debut for the Orioles in, he became the third player from Aruba to play in the major leagues.

On January 1, 1986, Aruba's " Statehood or Independence Day ", Aruba became a sovereign, independent, autonomous member State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which now consisted of the three member States: Aruba, the " Staat der Nederlanden " and the " Nederlandse Antillen ".

* Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten ( all are presently separate constituent countries, formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles )

In Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, separate civil codes exist in which rules for marriage are laid down and it is not possible to perform a same-sex marriage in these constituent countries.

In 1986 Aruba withdrew from the Netherlands Antilles, becoming a separate country within the kingdom.

The area consisted of the islands Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius ( now part of the Netherlands as postal area " Caribbean Netherlands ") as well as Sint Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba ( which each are separate postal areas ).

At the same time, Curaçao and St. Maarten will each obtain a separate status as a country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as is currently enjoyed by Aruba, which left the Netherlands Antilles in 1986.

The countries Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten have separate civil codes, in which marriage is defined as the union between a man and a woman.

* Aruba, by ISO 3166-1 2-letter country code

*. aw, the internet top level domain country code for Aruba

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a federacy, where the central government gives considerable autonomy to one part of the country ( Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten ), but retains control over a large part ( European Netherlands ).

With these modern aircraft SAM united the most important cities of the country ( Medellín, Bogotá, Cali, Barranquilla, Pereira, Montería, Valledupar, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Riohacha, Cúcuta, Leticia, and Quibdó ), as well as several regional destinations ( San Andrés, Providencia Island, Capurganá, Bahía Solano, Caucasia, Puerto Berrío, Chigorodó, and Nuquí ) as well as a number of international destinations ( Aruba, Guatemala City, San José de Costa Rica, Panama, Quito, Caracas, and Curaçao ).

Aruba, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic country, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

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*. aw – Internet country code top-level domain for Aruba

** ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Aruba: AW

** ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Aruba: ABW

. aw is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for Aruba.

Aruba is the only country in the world that celebrates this day with dancing and singing.

* Aruba using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

US President Bill Clinton in 1996 publicly identified Aruba " as a major drug-transit country " and noted that " a substantial portion of the free-zone's businesses in Aruba are owned and operated by members of the Mansur family, who have been indicted in the United States on charges of conspiracy to launder trafficking proceeds.

Each of the four countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( The Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten ) has its own constitution.

When Aruba obtained its independence within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986, the ANTMIL on Aruba was redesignated Arubaanse militie or ARUMIL.

: While Aruba barely lies within the Caribbean hurricane belt, storms rarely if ever pass over the island.

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are now autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

As of October 10, 2010, the constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.

Aruba and the other two member states are not fully independent -- Aruba's relation within the ' Kingdom of the Netherlands ', based on the self determination referendum held in 1977, the Agreement proclaimed in 1983, the Regulation for the Governor of Aruba and its Constitution in force since August 1985, is more like a commonwealth relationship.

This was achieved on 1 January 1986 when Aruba was granted the status of internal autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The Dutch-U. S. cooperation focuses on joint anti-drug operations in the Caribbean, including an agreement establishing Forward Operating Locations on the Dutch Kingdom islands of Curaçao and Aruba.

The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands () defined the association between the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

The Kingdom as a whole has its own Statute, describing its federate political system which also includes the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and Caribisch Nederland, the islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands also includes Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten: there is an overarching constitution of the entire kingdom: the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Caribbean elements of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, like Aruba and the Dutch Antilles, and former colonies of the Netherlands, such as Suriname, have large Creole populations consisting mostly of the descendants of slaves.

He then received the hereditary title Prince of Orange, as heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the autonomous countries the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

The Dutch Caribbean Coastguard ( Kustwacht Caraïbisch Gebied ) is the coast guard of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, providing search & rescue, and maritime law enforcement in Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

Defense on Aruba is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Aruba is a small Caribbean island () about the size of Washington, D. C., located 25 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 68 km northwest of Curaçao, the largest island of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The " Rijkswet " of December 12, 1985, for the maritime boundaries between The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, and the Maritime Boundaries Treaty signed March 31, 1978, between the Republic of Venezuela and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, introduced December 12, 1978, and valid for Aruba since January 1, 1986.

Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous, self-governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands.

Aruba and Curaçao are autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which have their own parliament and prime minister.

The Cabinet of the Netherlands also takes responsibility for day-to-day affairs in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is distinct from the Netherlands, as it also includes the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

If affairs are decided which are of vital importance of the Kingdom as a whole, the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands is joined by one one Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba and one for the other Antilles to form the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom.