It is the secondlargest city in the country and the capital of zulia state. All of the medical and nonmedical books and articles by negrette were. Maracaibo, city, capital of zulia estado state, northwestern venezuela. In real life by lucy lennox, shanes fall by sloane kennedy, and daddy me by ker. Maracaibo province venezuela news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2019 learn how and when to remove this. Two years later, when english pirate henry morgan also a royal navy admiral arrived in early 1669, the locals were more prepared. Maracaibo viene utilizzata nelle colonne sonore dei film vacanze di natale, il dolce e lamaro, terraferma, io che amo solo te e, in versione mixata da bob sinclar, di vacanze di natale a cortina.
Ha circa 1,65 milioni di abitanti nel municipio omonimo e il municipio san francisco e circa 2,5 milioni di abitanti compresa larea metropolitana. Maracaibo, venezuela article about maracaibo, venezuela by. It is the seicontlairgest ceety in the kintra efter the naitional caipital caracas an the caipital o the state o zulia. Maracaibo resides up in northwestern venezuelan, on the shores of lake maracaibo, just over 500 km 311 miles west of caracas. The maracaibo basin, also known as lake maracaibo natural region, lake maracaibo depression or lake maracaibo lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of the eight natural regions of venezuela, found in the northwestern corner of venezuela in south america. This page was last edited on 8 december 2014, at 22. It is venezuelas second largest city, a commercial and industrial center, and the oil capital of south america. The result is a community that owns and maintains its protected lands for the benefit of native species and for the quiet enjoyment of its members. Su area metropolitana, incluyendo parte del municipio san francisco abarca unos 557 km. The population o the ceety is approximately 1,495,200 wi the metropolitan aurie estimatit at.
The sense of community is alive and well in maracaibo. Sanfrancisco in maracaibo, zulia, venezuela maplandia. Like its predecessor orinoco, maracaibo takes you on an adventure across the globe through the barrios of venezuela, the deserts of columbia, and to a lesser extent, washington, d. The 10 best hotel deals in maracaibo updated may 2020. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. The 1660s saw maracaibo twice overrun by pirates, first from france and then from england. Venezuela has some of the most unique geology in the world. Maryness curvelo maracaibo, zulia, venezuela 408 books. It is often called a lake rather than a bay or lagoon.
Provincia hostal in valledupar, distanced approximately 180 km. Dunia toledo has 2,649 books on goodreads, and is currently reading irl. The population of the city is approximately 1,495,200 with the metropolitan area at 2,108,404 as of 2010. Located on the western shore of the channel connecting lake maracaibo with the gulf of venezuela, it is in a basin surrounded by higher land that. This place is situated in maracaibo, zulia, venezuela, its geographical. In the north, a channel 55 km long connects it to the carribean sea. The basin lies within a region of deformation created by the interactions of the caribbean and south american plate boundaries. This is venezuelas secondlargest city, after caracas, stretching for about 10 km 6 miles eastwest from the western shore of the lake. Maracaibo lake is one of the most important water basing and oil producing regions in. Maracaibos founders and developers designated beach areas, rainforest, and wetlands as parkland to be preserved.
Covering over 36,657 square km, it is a hydrocarbonrich region that has produced over 30 billion bbl of oil with an estimated 44 billion bbl. Maracaibo, venezuela article about maracaibo, venezuela. Maracaibo province was a province of venezuela from 1830 to 1864. This isolation wis baith a challenge an an advantage. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Maracaibo is the xxth largest city of venezuela, the xxth largest city of latin america and the xxth.
Maracaibo an the loch maracaibo regions economy wis mair linkit tae colombie than tae eastren venezuela due tae the naitural route available throu loch maracaibo then leadin tae the sea. The vera natur o the ceetys location made for a population kent for thair unthirlt thocht an character. Ciullo is a firstrate, actionpacked, political thriller that delivers a one, two punch from the first page to the last. Other articles where maracaibo lowlands is discussed. In 1864 the area was named maracaibo state, which shortly after was renamed to sovereign state of zulia and in 1874 zulia state. See maracaibo photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of maracaibo in venezuela. Maracaibo article about maracaibo by the free dictionary. Maracaibo is the countrys second largest city and one of its largest seaports.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Lake maracaibo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The lake is named after the city maracaibo, which lies on the east side of this channel. It is the secondlargest city in venezuela, after the national capital, caracas, and the capital of the state of zulia. Maracaibo province venezuela news newspapers books scholar jstor june 2019. In 1667, french pirate francois lolonnais arrived, ransacked maracaibo and promptly left again with his small fleet of ships.