Santa Cruz is a Region and Town in central
Aruba
Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...
, dominated by the
Arikok National Park
The Arikok National Park takes up approximately 18 percent of the island of Aruba and includes three primary geological formations: the Aruba lava formation, a quartz diorite formation, and a limestone formation that extends inward from the coast. ...
. The town is connected by Highway 7 from west to east and Highway 4 from north to south. The district has an area of 41.04 square kilometers and 12,870 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.
Santa Cruz is divided into several neighborhoods, including, but not limited to, Boton, Bringamosa, Cas Ariba, Jamanota, Jan Flemming, Macuarima, San Fuego, Shete, Siribana, Urataka, Warawara, and Catashi.
Macuarima
Macuarima is a town in the Santa Cruz region. The town has been named after Macuarima, an
Amerindian chief who lived on Aruba. In 1499, the Spanish invaded the island, and Macuarima was killed trying to defend his homeland. Nowadays, Macuarima is best known as a play by
Ernesto Rosenstand Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
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Notable people
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Betico Croes (1938–1986), teacher and politician.
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Liza Helder (1989), model and Miss Aruba 2012.
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Annuar Kock
Annuar Kock (born 3 December 1991) is an Aruban footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Estrella and the Aruba national football team.
Career International
Kock made his senior international debut on 12 July 2011, coming on as a 66th-minute ...
(1991), footballer.
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Calvin Maduro
Calvin Gregory Maduro (born September 5, 1974) is an Aruban former professional baseball player. He played five years in Major League Baseball between and . For most of the 2010s, he was a scout for the Baltimore Orioles.
Playing career
Madur ...
(1974), professional baseball player.
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Laura Wernet-Paskel Laura Simona Wernet-Paskel (February 18, 1911 – September 8, 1962) was an Aruban teacher, writer, and politician. She was the first female political candidate in Aruba, running for office three times beginning in 1949.
Early life and education
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(1911–1962), teacher, writer and politician.
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Populated places in Aruba
Regions of Aruba
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