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'''Aruba''' is an island and a constituent country of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands] in the southern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea Caribbean Sea], located about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the main part of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Antilles Lesser Antilles] and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the coast of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela Venezuela]. It measures 32 kilometers (20 mi) long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and 10 kilometers (6 mi) across at its widest point. Together with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaire Bonaire] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao Curaçao], Aruba forms a group referred to as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_islands_(Lesser_Antilles) ABC islands]. Collectively, Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean Dutch Caribbean].

Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands], Curaçao, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten Sint Maarten]; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals. Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into eight regions. Its capital is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjestad,_Aruba [Oranjestad]].

Unlike much of the Caribbean 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 179 km2 (69.1 sq mi) and is densely populated, with a total of 102,484 inhabitants at the 2010 Census. It lies outside [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Alley Hurricane Alley].