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Flag Aruba, in 35 editions.

The entry for Aruba published Flag in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
8
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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description:
blue, with two narrow, horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper-left corner
meaning:
  • the star stands for Aruba's red soil and white beaches, and its four points for the major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) and the points of a compass, to indicate that its inhabitants come from all over the world;
  • blue symbolizes Caribbean waters and skies;
  • the stripes represent the island's two main industries, tourism and mining

description: blue, with two narrow, horizontal, horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, red four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner; upper-left corner
meaning:
the star represents Aruba and its stands for Aruba's red soil and white beaches, and its four points for the four major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) as well as and 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 industries, tourism and the flow of minerals from the earth mining

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Aruba: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/aruba/flag.

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