Information about country:Aruba

Area: 193 km².

Population: 90000 people.

Phone code: 297

Capital: Oranjestad

Currency: AWG.

Languages: English, Dutch

Religion: Christianity

As the headquarters for the British fleet in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries, Antigua is an historic and very popular tourist destination. Cruise ships use the deep water port at St John's and its international airport serves jumbo jets from around the world. The island is known for its low humidity, shopping bargains, a passion for cricket by the locals, sugar cane fields, rain forests and small, scenic coastal villages. Barbuda (a dependency) 26 miles to the north, is sparsely populated and famous for hunting and diving venues. Redonda (a dependency) 25 miles to the southwest, is an uninhabited rock.

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July, 4

• Day of Memory of a Genocide of the Jewish People in Days of the Second World War

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This day in 1941, on the second day after the introduction of German armies in Riga, in Latvian capital eight synagogs have been burnt together with thousand Jews. This day entered history as "crystal night".

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