Oranjestad
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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.