The flag of Aruba (Dutch: Vlag van Aruba) consists of a light blue field, two narrow parallel horizontal yellow stripes in the lower half, and a red star with four corners and white edges in the canton. The color blue symbolizes the sea surrounding Aruba. Yellow is the color of abundance, and horizontal lines represent the solidarity of abundance. The white color represents peace, and the red color represents love and the martyred Arubans. The star represents the four points of the compass and symbolizes the different origins of the Aruba population, attracting people from all over the world. The height-to-width ratio in the flag is 2:3, and the flag was adopted on March 18, 1976.
Aruba is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its capital is Oranjestad, and its population is about 107,195 (2021).
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