Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 120V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Aruba
- +297
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900/1800/1900
What every visitor should know about Aruba:
- Money
- The currency is the Aruban florin (AWG). 1 AWG is worth about US$0.56, or €0.40.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Car theft
- Capital
- Oranjestad
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Aruba facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 103,065
- Language
- Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3%
- Ethnicity
- Mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
Economy
- GDP
- US$21,800 (per capita)