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Maracaibo

South America

Maracaibo is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, located on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,752,602 1
Area (sq km)
1393 1
Founding Year
1574 1
Population Estimate Year
2019 1
Elevation (m)
6 1
Latitude
10.633 degrees north 1
Longitude
71.633 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 2
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 3
Connections

Associated With

Venezuela, Countries
Source Maracaibo (Wikipedia)
Zulia, States or Territories

Maracaibo is the capital of Zulia.

Source Maracaibo (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Zulia, States or Territories

It is the capital of Zulia and is the second-largest city proper in Venezuela.

Source Maracaibo (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Maracaibo (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Maracaibo ( MARR-ə-KY-boh, Spanish: [maɾaˈkajβo] ; Wayuu: Marakaaya) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, located on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,752,602
  • Lead section
    The city has an estimated population of 1,752,602, with the metropolitan area estimated at 2,727,957 as of 2019.
  • Infobox: area_metro_km2
    1393
  • Infobox, Elevation
    6 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    10.633N 71.633W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    10.633N 71.633W
  • Infobox, Founded
    1574
  • Lead section, capital-of claim
    It is the capital of Zulia and is the second-largest city proper in Venezuela.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    6
  • Associated With: Venezuela, Infobox, Country
    Venezuela
  • Associated With: Zulia, Infobox, State field
    Zulia
  • Capital Of: Zulia, Infobox, State field (capital-of support)
    Zulia
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -71.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -71.75
10.75 -71.75 Aw
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3. GeoNames: Maracaibo - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3633009
Quote, cities500 record 3633009
10.64232 -71.61089 P PPLA VE 23 2313 1752602 -9999 America/Caracas
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Wikidata: Maracaibo
Wikidata Q171632, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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