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Maracaibo
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For the loch bi the same name, see Loch Maracaibo.
Maracaibo (Spaingie pronunciation: [maɾaˈkaiβo]) is a ceety in northwastren Venezuela, on the wastren shore o the strait that connects Loch Maracaibo tae the Guwf o Venezuela. It is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the kintra (efter the naitional caipital Caracas) an the caipital o the state o Zulia. The population o the ceety is approximately 1,495,200 [1] wi the metropolitan aurie estimatit at 2,108,404 as of 2010.[2] Maracaibo is elk-namit La Tierra del Sol Amada ("The Beluvit Laund o the Sun").
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Maracaibo | |
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Municipality | |
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Eik-name(s): "La Tierra del Sol Amada" (Inglis: "The Beloved Land of the Sun") | |
Motto(s): "Muy noble y leal" (Inglis: "Vera noble an lyal") | |
Coordinates: 10°39′N 71°38′W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
State | Zulia |
Municipality | Maracaibo |
Foondit | (1) 8 September 1529, (2) 1569, (3) 1574 |
Foondit bi | Ambrosio Alfínger (1529), Caiptain Alonso Pacheco (1569), Caiptain Pedro Maldonado (1574) |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
• Bodi | Alcaldía de Maracaibo |
• Mayor | Adriana Felisolas (UNT) |
Area | |
• Metro | 1393 km2 (538 sq mi) |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Rank | 2nt |
• Urban | 1,495,199 |
• Metro | 2,108,404 |
Demonym(s) | Marabino(a), Maracaibero(a), Maracucho(a) |
Time zone | UTC-04:30 (VST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-04:30 (no observit) |
Postal codit | 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005 |
Aurie code | 261 |
ISO 3166 code | VE-A |
Website | Alcaldía de Maracaibo (in Spaingie) |
The area and population figures are for the municipality. |
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