Aruba

by zeljko heimer 28-NOV-1995

• Description of flag
• Status of Aruba

See also:

• Netherlands Antilles
• Netherlands
• Mark's Aruba page

The flag is blue with two yellow bars in base and a red fourpointed star fimbrated white in chief towards the hoist. The flag dates from 1976. The four pointed star should represent the island's four main languages
zeljko heimer 28-NOV-1995

The light blue stands for both the sea and the sky. The star greets the people of all four directions of the wind. The yellow stands for hte wanglo, a rainflower that sometimes with het yellow colour lifts up the whole island.
mark sensen 28-NOV-1995

The island of Aruba formed a part of the Netherlands Antilles till 1986. On January 1 of that year Aruba stepped out of the Antilles and got its own status as a separate colony of the Netherlands. It was agreed that Aruba would achieve independence ten years later (thus in 1996). The governments of Aruba and the Neterlands however, agreed recently that Aruba will stay part of the Kingdom of the Neterlands and will not become an independent state in 1996. There is no other date set. Aruba has economic reasons to stay under the umbrella of The Netherlands.