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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION. -------------------- ARUBA IS A COUNTRY IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, SITUATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. LOCATE 24KM NORTH OF THE VENEZUELAN COAST AND 80KM WEST OF CURACOA. IT COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 193 SQ KM. LAND IS GENERALLY FLAT AND CONSISTS OF GREAT BOULDERS OF DIORITE. MOUNT JAMANOTA IS THE HIGHEST PEAK AT 189M. TWO OTHER MAIN FEATURES ARE THE DEEP-WATER HARBOURS AND THE LONG WHITE SANDY BEACHES, WHICH STRETCH ALONG THE CLEAR BLUE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN. ARUBA IS NOT IN THE USUAL CARIBBEAN HURRICANE RANGE.
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