Aruba ə ˈ r uː b ə ə ROO bə Dutch aːˈrubaː ryb Papiamento is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea located about 1 000 kilometres 620 mi west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres 18 mi north of the coast of Venezuela It measures 32 kilometres 20 mi long from its northwestern to