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| Location : |
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km .
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| More informations on the bottom :
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 4,993 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands .
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| Area Total :
| 912,050 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 882,050 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 30,000 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly more than twice the size of California .
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| Coast Line :
| 2,800 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 682 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 96,155 km .
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| Waterways :
| 7,100 km .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon .
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Map Maracay 1960,
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Population on 21-Oct-01 : 394000
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Maracay is a city (population: 2001 census 491,797, although the "metropolitan" area, which encompasses other small settlements is estimated to have around 1.000.000 inhabitants) in central Venezuela and is the capital and most important city of Aragua State. It is the municipal seat of Girardot Municipality.
It was officially established on March 5, 1701, by Bishop Diego de Ba?os y Sotomayor in the valleys of Tocopio and Tapatapa (what is known today as the central valley of Aragua) in northern Venezuela. It was named Maracay after a local indigenous chief. Maracay seems to mean "Tiger" in an ancient Caribbean language.
Today Maracay is a modern city with a large manufacturing park. Main products are paper, textiles and chemicals.
Maracay is also the home of the local baseball team "Tigres de Aragua".
In Spanish, Maracay is known as "Ciudad Jard?n", or "Garden City". Maracay was the name of a Cacique (Caribe Indian Chief) of the indigeneous people that lived in the area before the Spanish discovery of America.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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