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World Gazetteer Results for Oranjestad:
NameOranjestad
Geographical TypeLocality
Population29998
Latitude
Longitude
CountryAruba
Dictionary Results for Aruba:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Aruba
    n 1: a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Aruba

   Introduction Aruba
   ------------------
                            Background: Discovered and claimed for Spain in
                                        1499, Aruba was acquired by the
                                        Dutch in 1636. The island's economy
                                        has been dominated by three main
                                        industries. A 19th century gold rush
                                        was followed by prosperity brought
                                        on by the opening in 1924 of an oil
                                        refinery. The last decades of the
                                        20th century saw a boom in the
                                        tourism industry. Aruba seceded from
                                        the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and
                                        became a separate, autonomous member
                                        of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
                                        Movement toward full independence
                                        was halted at Aruba's request in
                                        1990.
  
   Geography Aruba
   ---------------
                              Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean
                                        Sea, north of Venezuela
                Geographic coordinates: 12 30 N, 69 58 W
                        Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
                                  Area: total: 193 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 193 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 68.5 km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal
                                        temperature variation
                               Terrain: flat with a few hills; scant
                                        vegetation
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m
                     Natural resources: NEGL; white sandy beaches
                              Land use: arable land: 10.53% (including aloe
                                        0.01%)
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 89.47% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 0.01 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: lies outside the Caribbean hurricane
                                        belt
          Environment - current issues: NA
                      Geography - note: a flat, riverless island renowned
                                        for its white sand beaches; its
                                        tropical climate is moderated by
                                        constant trade winds from the
                                        Atlantic Ocean; the temperature is
                                        almost constant at about 27 degrees
                                        Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit)
  
   People Aruba
   ------------
                            Population: 70,441 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 21% (male 7,635; female
                                        7,169)
                                        15-64 years: 68.4% (male 23,270;
                                        female 24,906)
                                        65 years and over: 10.6% (male
                                        3,081; female 4,380) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.59% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 12.22 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.93 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.67 years
                                        female: 82.19 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 75.32 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Aruban(s)
                                        adjective: Aruban; Dutch
                         Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%,
                                        Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish
                             Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a
                                        Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English
                                        dialect), English (widely spoken),
                                        Spanish
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: 97%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Aruba
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: none
                                        conventional short form: Aruba
                     Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the
                                        Netherlands; full autonomy in
                                        internal affairs obtained in 1986
                                        upon separation from the Netherlands
                                        Antilles; Dutch Government
                                        responsible for defense and foreign
                                        affairs
                       Government type: parliamentary democracy
                               Capital: Oranjestad
              Administrative divisions: none (part of the Kingdom of the
                                        Netherlands)
                          Independence: none (part of the Kingdom of the
                                        Netherlands)
                      National holiday: Flag Day, 18 March
                          Constitution: 1 January 1986
                          Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system,
                                        with some English common law
                                        influence
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen BEATRIX of the
                                        Netherlands (since 30 April 1980),
                                        represented by Governor General
                                        Olindo KOOLMAN (since 1 January
                                        1992)
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Nelson O. ODUBER (since 30 October
                                        2001); deputy prime minister NA
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        (elected by the Staten)
                                        election results: Nelson O. ODUBER
                                        elected prime minister; percent of
                                        legislative vote - NA%
                                        elections: the monarch is
                                        hereditary; governor general
                                        appointed for a six-year term by the
                                        monarch; prime minister and deputy
                                        prime minister elected by the Staten
                                        for four-year terms; election last
                                        held 28 September 2001 (next to be
                                        held by December 2005)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Legislature or Staten (21
                                        seats; members elected by direct,
                                        popular vote to serve four-year
                                        terms)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - MEP 52.4%, AVP 26.7%, PPA
                                        9.6%, OLA 5.7%, Aliansa 3.5%, other
                                        2.1%; seats by party - MEP 12, AVP
                                        6, PPA 2, OLA 1
                                        elections: last held 28 September
                                        2001 (next to be held by NA 2005)
                       Judicial branch: Joint High Court of Justice (judges
                                        are appointed by the monarch)
         Political parties and leaders: Aruba Solidarity Movement or MAS
                                        [leader NA]; Aruban Democratic
                                        Alliance or Aliansa [leader NA];
                                        Aruban Democratic Party or PDA [Leo
                                        BERLINSKI]; Aruban Liberal Party or
                                        OLA [Glenbert CROES]; Aruban
                                        Patriotic Party or PPA [Benny
                                        NISBET]; Aruban People's Party or
                                        AVP [Tico CROES]; Concentration for
                                        the Liberation of Aruba or CLA
                                        [leader NA]; People's Electoral
                                        Movement Party or MEP [Nelson O.
                                        ODUBER]; For a Restructured Aruba
                                        Now or PARA [leader NA]; National
                                        Democratic Action or ADN [Pedro
                                        Charro KELLY]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization Caricom (observer), ECLAC
                         participation: (associate), Interpol, IOC, UNESCO
                                        (associate), WCL, WToO (associate)
   Diplomatic representation in the US: none (represented by the Kingdom of
                                        the Netherlands)
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Consul General
                                    US: Barbara J. STEPHENSON
                                        embassy: J. B. Gorsiraweg #1,
                                        Curacao
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 158,
                                        Willemstad, Curacao
                                        telephone: [599] (9) 461-3066
                                        FAX: [599] (9) 461-6489
                      Flag description: blue, with two narrow, horizontal,
                                        yellow stripes across the lower
                                        portion and a red, four-pointed star
                                        outlined in white in the upper
                                        hoist-side corner
  
   Economy Aruba
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: Tourism is the mainstay of the
                                        small, open Aruban economy, with
                                        offshore banking and oil refining
                                        and storage also important. The
                                        rapid growth of the tourism sector
                                        over the last decade has resulted in
                                        a substantial expansion of other
                                        activities. Construction has boomed,
                                        with hotel capacity five times the
                                        1985 level. In addition, the
                                        reopening of the country's oil
                                        refinery in 1993, a major source of
                                        employment and foreign exchange
                                        earnings, has further spurred
                                        growth. Aruba's small labor force
                                        and low unemployment rate have led
                                        to a large number of unfilled job
                                        vacancies, despite sharp rises in
                                        wage rates in recent years. The
                                        government's goal of balancing the
                                        budget within two years will hamper
                                        expenditures, as will the decline in
                                        stopover tourist arrivals following
                                        the 11 September terrorist attacks.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.94
                                        billion (2000 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (2000)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $28,000
                                        (2000 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: NA%
                                        services: NA%
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (2000)
                           Labor force: 41,501 (1997 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: most employment is in wholesale and
                                        retail trade and repair, followed by
                                        hotels and restaurants; oil refining
                     Unemployment rate: 0.6% (1999 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $135.81 million
                                        expenditures: $147 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000)
                            Industries: tourism, transshipment facilities,
                                        oil refining
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 450 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 418.5 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: aloes; livestock; fish
                               Exports: $2.58 billion (including oil
                                        reexports) (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Exports - commodities: live animals and animal products,
                                        art and collectibles, machinery and
                                        electrical equipment, transport
                                        equipment
                    Exports - partners: US 42%, Colombia 20%, Netherlands
                                        12% (1999)
                               Imports: $2.61 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and electrical equipment,
                                        crude oil for refining and reexport,
                                        chemicals; foodstuffs
                    Imports - partners: US 63%, Netherlands 11%, Netherlands
                                        Antilles 3%, Japan (1999)
                       Debt - external: $285 million (1996)
              Economic aid - recipient: $26 million (1995); note - the
                                        Netherlands provided a $127 million
                                        aid package to Aruba and Suriname in
                                        1996
                              Currency: Aruban guilder/florin (AWG)
                         Currency code: AWG
                        Exchange rates: Aruban guilders/florins per US
                                        dollar - 1.7900 (fixed rate since
                                        1986)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Aruba
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 33,000 (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 3,402 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: NA
                                        domestic: more than adequate
                                        international: 1 submarine cable to
                                        Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles);
                                        extensive interisland microwave
                                        radio relay links
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 50,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
                           Televisions: 20,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .aw
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
                        Internet users: 4,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Aruba
   --------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 800 km
                                        paved: 513 km
                                        note: most coastal roads are paved,
                                        while unpaved roads serve large
                                        tracts of the interior (1995)
                                        unpaved: 287 km
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
                       Merchant marine: includes a foreign-owned ship
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Monaco 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 1 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Aruba
   --------------
                     Military branches: no regular indigenous military
                                        forces; Royal Dutch Navy and
                                        Marines, Coast Guard
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the
                                        Kingdom of the Netherlands
  
   Transnational Issues Aruba
   --------------------------
               Disputes - international: none
                          Illicit drugs: drug-money-laundering center and
                                         transit point for narcotics bound
                                         for the US and Europe
  
                                       



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