where is the best place to stay in aruba?
Oranjestad
neutral
 Aruba is a small island colony of 100 @,@ 000 people that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , and has been under Dutch control since the 1630s . The island lies in the southern Caribbean Sea just to north of Venezuela , and is near to the Dutch colonies of Curaçao and Bonaire . The colony originally was part of an autonomous union with those two islands in what was known as the Netherlands Antilles , but Aruba seceded from that union in 1986 . The Netherlands continues to regulate all its foreign affairs . While the first Dutch Antilean delegation to the Olympics was sent during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland , the first uniquely Aruban delegation participated two years after the island 's secession from the Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea . Between then and the 2004 Athens Olympics , Aruba had sent a delegation to all five Summer Olympic games . The most substantial Aruban delegation was in 1988 , when it included eight athletes . This delegation included more women and encompassed more sports than any Aruban delegation since then ( including the Athens Olympics ) . 

neutral
 Aruba , Curaçao and Sint Maarten are constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , and thus have King Willem @-@ Alexander as their sovereign , as well as the remaining islands forming the Caribbean Netherlands . Aruba was first settled under the authority of the Spanish Crown circa 1499 , but was acquired by the Dutch in 1634 , under whose control the island has remained , save for an interval between 1805 and 1816 , when Aruba was captured by the Royal Navy of King George III . The former Netherlands Antilles were originally discovered by explorers sent in the 1490s by the King of Spain , but were eventually conquered by the Dutch West India Company in the 17th century , whereafter the islands remained under the control of the Dutch Crown as colonial territories . The Netherlands Antilles achieved the status of an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954 , from which Aruba was split in 1986 as a separate constituent country of the larger kingdom . The former Netherlands Antilles again split as three areas in 2010 . The monarch is represented in each region by the Governor of Aruba , Fredis Refunjol , the Governor of Curaçao , Frits Goedgedrag , and the Governor of Sint Maarten , Eugene Holiday . 

contradiction
 In 2010 , CNNMoney.com listed Coral Springs as the 44th best place to live in the United States . 

contradiction
 Officials at the Cuban National Observatory issued radio bulletins on the hurricane , which included the position of Flora , its intensity , direction of motion , and necessary warnings . By the time the hurricane left the island , more than 40 @,@ 000 had been evacuated to safer areas . 

neutral
 The island is cut off from the rest of the world ( and hence cannot trade ) 
