Arubans in the Netherlands
Arubans in the Netherlands consist of migrants from Aruba to the Netherlands and their descendants. Aruba was part of the former Netherlands Antilles until 1986 when the country seceded remaining a constituent country of Kingdom of the Netherlands. As of 2014, figures from Statistics Netherlands showed 142,953 people of Dutch Antillean origin in the Netherlands, of which 23,800 are Aruban.[1] The largest Aruban communities in the Netherlands can be found in Amsterdam, Almere, Haarlem, The Hague, Rotterdam, Alkmaar and Amersfoort.
| Total population | |
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| 23,800 (2013) | |
| Languages | |
| Dutch, Papiamento | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity |
Notable people
- Emily Bolton, actress
- Gregor Breinburg, football player
- Alain Clark, singer
- Caro Emerald, singer
- Bobby Farrell, dancer, singer
- Greg Halman, baseball player
- Naomi Halman, basketball player
- Percy Irausquin, fashion designer
- Dwayne Kemp, baseball player
- Hedwiges Maduro, football player
- Eugène Martineau, decathlete
- Pete Philly, rapper
- Danny Rombley, baseball player
- Edsilia Rombley, singer
- James Sharpe, politician
- Smiley, singer
- Demy de Zeeuw, football player
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