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'''Savaneta''' is a town and region in southeastern Aruba.<ref name="census2010">{{cite report |author=Aruba Central Bureau of Statistics |date=September 29, 2010 |title=Fifth Population and Housing Census, 2010: Selected Tables |url=http://cbs.aw/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Fifth-Population-and-Housing-Census-Aruba.pdf |page=75 |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> Until 1797, it was the island's capital city.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aruba.com/us/our-island/regions/savaneta|title=Guide to Savaneta, Aruba - Things to Do, Hotels, Resorts & Restaurants|access-date=2018-06-04|language=en-us}}</ref> It is home to the island's oldest surviving home, a 150-year-old ''cas di torto'', or mud hut.<ref name=":0" /> The Savaneta region has an estimated area of 27.76 square kilometers and 11,518 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.<ref name="census2010"/>
==History== Savaneta is the oldest village of Aruba. In the 16th century, it became the capital of the Spanish administration. After Aruba was conquered by the Netherlands, the governor lived in Commander's Bay, a natural harbour near Savaneta.{{sfn|Alofs|1997|p=1}} In 1797, the government moved to Paardenbaai which would later become Oranjestad.<ref name=":0"/> By 1816, only one house had remained inhabited. In 1852, the Canashito plantation was established, and workers were exempt for taxation for eight years. Still, only 13 men and five boys moved to Savaneta that year.{{sfn|Alofs|1997|pp=3-4}} Other plantations were more successful, and by 1867 Savaneta was recognised as a village. It was home to about 150 people.{{sfn|Alofs|1997|p=5}} In 1877, a school was founded and in 1900 a church was built.{{sfn|Alofs|1997|p=7}} Commander's Bay is nowadays used as the {{ill|Marine Barracks Savaneta|nl|Marinierskazerne Savaneta}}, a base for the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Netherlands Marine Corps, the Netherlands Coastguard, and the Aruban Military.<ref name=":0"/> It is also near the Sunrise Solar Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release: Web Aruba 'Sunrise Solar Park' Project Ground Breaking Monumental for Caribbean Clean Energy Transition |url=https://rmi.org/press-release/press-release-web-aruba-sunrise-solar-park-project-ground-breaking-monumental-for-caribbean-clean-energy-transition/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=RMI |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Notable people == * Guillfred Besaril (1974), Minister Plenipotentiary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arubahuis.nl/images/Biografie_Guillfred_F._Besaril.pdf|title=Biografie Guillfred F. Besaril|website=Aruba Huis|access-date=13 October 2020|language=nl|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105114/https://www.arubahuis.nl/images/Biografie_Guillfred_F._Besaril.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Ibian Hodgson (1993), tennis player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goshockers.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/ibian-hodgson/1415|title=Ibian Hodgson|website=Go Shockers|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> * Roger Peterson (1980), musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gocultura.org/profile/roger-peterson/|title=Roger Francis Peterson|website=Go Coltura|access-date=2 May 2021|archive-date=4 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504001530/https://gocultura.org/profile/roger-peterson/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Sources== *{{cite book |url=https://www.academia.edu/38868608 |title=Savaneta, een vlek of dorp |last1=Alofs |first1=Luc |chapter=Savaneta, een vlek of dorp die men nergens anders aantreft |year=1997 |trans-title=Savaneta, a hamlet or village }}
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