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Zulia State (Spanish: Estado Zulia, IPA: [esˈtaðo ˈsulja]; Wayuu: Mma’ipakat Suuria) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo . As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states.
Map of Venezuela Caracas, Capital of Venezuela Maracaibo Valencia Barquisimeto San Cristóbal Ciudad Guayana Puerto la Cruz Pampatar Guarenas Porlamar. This is a list of cities, towns and communities in Venezuela. The state capitals are marked with a *.
It is the second-largest city in Venezuela, [3] after the national capital, Caracas, and the capital of the state of Zulia. The population of the city is approximately 2,658,355 [2] with the metropolitan area estimated at 5,278,448 as of 2010. [1] Maracaibo is nicknamed "The Beloved Land of the Sun" (Spanish: La Tierra del Sol Amada).
By 1786, this covered the territories of Zulia, Apure, Barinas, Táchira, Mérida and Trujillo. In the times of Gran Colombia since 1824 it was called the department of Zulia. When the Great Colombian Union disappeared in 1830, Maracaibo became one of the 11 (eleven) Provinces of Venezuela.
Caracas is also Venezuela's cultural capital, with many restaurants, theaters, museums, and shopping centers. Caracas has some of the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America, [7] such as the Parque Central Towers. [8] The Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas is one of the most important in South America. [9]
San Carlos del Zulia is the capital of Colón Municipality, located in Zulia State, Venezuela.Founded on March 14, 1778, by Captain Nicolás José Antúnez Pacheco y de la Cruz y Velasco, alderman of the city of Maracaibo, accompanied by lieutenant Ramón Hernández de la Calle, in charge of the pacification of Motilón Indians populating the area.
Niger – against all travel except to the capital city of Niamey. ... Venezuela – within 80km of the Venezuela-Colombia border, within 40km of the Venezuela-Brazil border, Zulia State.
The municipality with the most parishes in the Capital District is the Libertador Municipality with 22 parishes; the municipality with the most parishes among the states is the Maracaibo Municipality of the state of Zulia with 18. The Gran Sabana parish, located in the Gran Sabana municipality in the state of Bolívar with 29,305 km² is ...