Tanki Leendert is a town in

Noord Noord () is a town and region in Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). This town is known for its low rise and high rise hotels, restaurants, beaches, malls, the California Lighthouse, and other places of attraction. Places of interes ...

on the island of

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 ...

. The parish of Tanki Leendert has been split from Noord since 1968.

History

Tanki is

Papiamento Papiamento () or Papiamentu (; nl, Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), with official status in Arub ...

for "

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

", and Leendert is a common surname. An

Amerindian The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the Am ...

village has been discovered near the town measuring 450 by 400 metres. It is one of the four known Amerindian settlements on Aruba. European pottery, pipes and bottles from the 18th century have also been discovered on the same site, suggesting a later resettlement. In the 20th century, Noord became the centre for the tourism industry and site of large scale hotel construction which has resulted in Tanki Leendert,

Paradera Paradera is a small town and Census Region near the northeast end of the island of Aruba. The census region Paradera encompasses the town of Paradera as well as nearby settlements and neighborhoods within Paradera, including Ayo, Bloemond, Piedra ...

and Tanki Flip merging into a near continuous urban area. In 1968, the parish of Tanki Leendert was split of Noord, and the Monte Calvario Church was inaugurated. The Museum of Antiquities Aruba is located in Tanki Leendert.

Sports

The local football team is

SV Juventud Tanki Leendert Sport Vereniging Juventud Tanki Leendert (''English:Sports Club''), known as Juventud TL or JTL, is an Aruban football (soccer), football club based in Tanki Leendert, which currently plays in Aruban Division Uno, Division Uno, the second tier of ...

who play in the Aruban Division Uno.

References

Noord Populated places in Aruba {{Aruba-geo-stub