Dream Destination

ARUBA
By Rhea Dayal

Aruba Cave Tours in Arikok National Park - Guadirikiri & Fontein Caves. (2019). Retrieved September 26, 2020, from https://www.aruba.com/us/explore/caves

PLACE
LOCATION
Physical characteristics:
Very small island (area is 180 km²)
The island is mostly flat. Jamanota Hill is the
peak (188 m above sea level)
Absolute Location: 12.5211° N, Many white sand beaches and coral reefs
69.9683° W Hot, dry, and sunny climate year round
Relative Location: North of the Animal life includes flamingos, pelicans, lizards,
Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná. donkeys, and turtles
Plant life includes cacti, trees, and shrubs
Human characteristics:
Many buildings have a Dutch-style colonial
architecture, which are colorful with white trims
Aruba is a constituent country of the
Netherlands
Transportation: bus, bike, taxi, car
Languages spoken: Papiamento, Dutch, English,
Spanish (the first two are official languages)

HUMAN MOVEMENT
ENVIRONMENT Movement of goods and resources for
export/import occurs via ships and
trucks
INTERACTION Tourists arrive/depart via planes and
cruise ships
There is not much fresh water inland People uses buses, bikes, taxis, and
so people in Aruba get most of their cars to move within Aruba
drinking water by desalinating Many tourists buy unique souvenirs
seawater. Desalination plants have made by shop vendors in Aruba
been built for this purpose. The movement of ideas and the
Many luxurious hotels and casinos majority of communication occurs via
have been built on the island to cellphones, telephones, word of
attract tourists as the economy is mouth, and the internet
heavily tourism based
Oil refineries have also been made to
support the economy

REGION GEOLOGICAL
Formal Region: Aruba is a country so it
has a publicly known boundary
FEATURES
Functional Region: Oranjestad is the Arikok National Park takes up almost 1/5 of the
metropolitan shopping center of island. Features of the park include:
Aruba and also has the largest port of volcanic lava formations
Aruba quartz diorite formation
Vernacular Region: Aruba is commonly limestone formation
called "One Happy Island" due to the caves
welcoming locals and immense sand dunes
amount of sunshine that the island a natural pool
receives the peak of Aruba (Jamanota Hill)

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