Aruba is one of the Caribbean's ABC Islands.
Aruba ( [ əˈruːbə ] ; [ aːˈrubaː ] ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea , located about 1600 km west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 km north of the coast of Venezuela . Together with Bonaire and Curaçao , Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands .