Aruba
Flag Coat of arms
Motto "One Happy Island"
Anthem Aruba Dushi Tera
Capital (and largest city)		Oranjestad 12°31′N, 70°1′W
Official languages		Dutch, Papiamento1
Demonym		Aruban
Government		Constitutional monarchy
-	Monarch	Queen Beatrix
-	Governor	Fredis Refunjol
-	Prime Minister	Nelson O. Oduber
-	Vice-Prime Minister	Marisol Lopez-Tromp
Independence		from Netherlands Antilles
-	Date	1 January 1986
Area
-	Total	193 km²  74.5 sq mi
-	Water (%)	negligible
Population
-	2006 estimate	103,484 (195th)
-	Density	571 /km² (18th) 1,479 /sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2006 estimate
-	Total	$3.079 billion (182nd)
-	Per capita	$23,299 (32nd)
Currency		Aruban florin (AWG²)
Time zone		AST (UTC-4)
Internet TLD		.aw
Calling code		+297
1	Spanish and English also spoken.
2	Arubaanse Waarde Geld.

Aruba is a 32 kilometre (20 mi)-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, 27 km (17 mi) north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela. It is in the Realm of Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of a European part (The Netherlands) and a Caribbean-American part (Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles). Unlike much of the Caribbean-American region, Aruba has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape. This climate has helped tourism as visitors to the island can reliably expect warm sunny weather. It has a land area of 193 m² (2,077 sq ft) and lies outside of the hurricane belt.

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