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Country: Aruba
Aruba by the Numbers
Population: 102,695
Median Income: $21,800
Average January Temperature: 80 F
Average July Temperature: 83 F Average Rainfall: 20 inches
Quick Facts
Major Industries: Tourism, oil refining, and shipping
Ethnicity: 80% mixed white/ Caribbean, 20% other
Time Zone: GMT-4
Time Zone: 297
Did you know?
When you're in Aruba, you do not need to buy bottled drinking water. The island's tap water is relatively uncontaminated and thirst quenching because it has been purified in a plant known as WEB, one of the world's largest desalination plants.
Orientation
Oranjestad is on the island of Aruba in the Caribbean's West Indies. It is about 18 miles off of the coast of Venezuela and is approximately 12 degrees north of the equator.
