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Aruba (/ əˈruːbə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento: [aˈruba]), officially the Country of Aruba (Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the southern Caribbean Sea.
The Aruban tourism industry dates to the 1930s when the first commercial airline landed on Aruba and a guest house was established in Oranjestad.Starting in the early 1960s with the rise of a new wave in the tourism industry and the opening of the first luxury resort, Aruba Caribbean Hotel, a national aspiration arose to become "The little Miami of the Caribbean".
The Nicolaas Store is a former book store in the centre of the city which has been converted into the Community Museum. [11] Water Tower San Nicolas at night. Water Tower San Nicolas was built in 1939 by the LMV (Landswatervoorziening) to help supply potable water to the community. The structure was restored in 2013, and became the site of the ...
Oranjestad (UK: / ɒˈrænjəstɑːt / orr-AN-yə-staht, [2] US: / ɔːˈrɑːn -, oʊˈrɑːn -/ or-AHN-, oh-RAHN-, [3][4] Dutch: [oːˈrɑɲəstɑt]; literally " Orange City"), the capital and most populous of Aruba 's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island. In Papiamento, the local language, Oranjestad is commonly ...
Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius. Beach of Lower Town. Fl (3) W 15s. Oranjestad (Dutch pronunciation: [oːˈrɑɲəstɑt]; English: Orange [4] Town) is a small town of 1,038 inhabitants; [1] it is the capital and largest town of the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. It's not to be confused with the far larger Oranjestad in Aruba.
12.5411°N 70.0375°W. / 12.5411; -70.0375. Website. arubaaloe.com. Royal Aruba Aloe is a company in Aruba that cultivates and produces aloe-derived products. It also contains its own aloe museum. [1] A tour of the museum and factory provides insight into the Aruba aloe production process, along with the 160-year history of aloe cultivation in ...
Public finances. Government debt. $533.4 million (2005 est.) All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of Aruba is an open system, with tourism currently providing the largest percentage of the country's income. Because of tourism's rapid growth in the last 80 years, related industries like construction have also ...
A map of Aruba, showing points of interest. The island of Aruba is one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea.Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into six districts, each of which has many neighbourhoods within it.