Paradera

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| name = Paradera

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| settlement_type = Region

| image_skyline = File:Little wooden house in Paradera, Aruba.JPG

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| image_caption = A small wooden house in Paradera, Aruba

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| pushpin_map = Aruba streets

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Paradera in Aruba

| coordinates = {{Coord|12|32|00|N|070|00|00|W|display=title}}

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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Aruba

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| unit_pref = Metric

| population_total = 13,834

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Aruba |at=Paradera |access-date=2023-05-29 |date=2020-10-01 |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/aruba/cities/}}

| population_density_km2 = 553.4

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| area_total_km2 = 25.0

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Paradera is a small town and census region near the northeast end of the island of Aruba.{{GEOnet2|32FA88320CA83774E0440003BA962ED3}} The census region Paradera encompasses the town of Paradera as well as nearby settlements and neighborhoods within Paradera, including Ayo, Bloemond, Piedra Plat, and Shiribana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aruba.com/us/our-island/regions/paradera|title=Guide to Paradera, Aruba - Things to Do, Hotels, Resorts & Restaurants|website=www.aruba.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-03}} At the time of the 2010 census, Paradera proper had a population of 2,486. The Paradera census region had a population of 12,024.

St. Philomena's Church, a Roman Catholic church, dominates the skyline relative to the rest of the town's buildings.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=display_site_info&siteid=77036 |title=St. Philomena at Paradera 51, Paradera (Aruba), Aruba (Filtered by: ) Aruba (NL) |website=www.thecatholicdirectory.com |access-date=March 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004103735/http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=display_site_info&siteid=77036 |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EkVBQAAQBAJ |title=Moon Aruba |last=Klein |first=Rosalie |year=2013 |publisher=Avalon Travel |isbn=978-1612385143}} The region of Paradera has an estimated area of 20.40 square kilometers.