Butucu

Overview of Butucu

Butucu is a city situated in Aruba, operating within the America/Aruba timezone at the geographic coordinates 12.47246 latitude and -69.91439 longitude. The municipality records a population of exactly 14,175 residents within administrative division 00.

The settlement utilizes the Aruban florin currency, denoted by the code AWG. Across the linguistic landscape of Butucu, communication and official documentation encompass four distinct languages: Dutch (nl-AW), Papiamento (pap), Spanish (es), and English (en). While other communities on the island feature industrial legacies—such as San Nicolaas, which is located 19 kilometres southeast of Oranjestad and developed around an oil refinery opened in 1924 by the Lago Oil and Transport Company, later experiencing closures and transfers involving Exxon Corporation, the Coastal Corporation, Valero, and Citgo Petroleum Corporation before property was transferred to the Government of Aruba in 2020—Butucu maintains its own precise geographic and demographic parameters within the territory.

The broader island context includes varied economic and geographic features documented across Aruban municipalities, ranging from natural landmarks like Baby Beach and the San Nicolas Bay Reef Islands Important Bird Area to infrastructural sites such as the Sunrise Solar Park, which has a capacity of 7.5 MW of power. Further details on regional development and municipal boundaries are indexed through geographic authorities such as the GeoNames record for Butucu, while cultural and historical background on neighboring municipal zones is detailed on the San Nicolaas reference page.