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    Maracaibo (/ˌmærəˈkaɪboʊ/ MARR-ə-KY-boh, Spanish: [maɾaˈkajβo] ; Wayuu: Marakaaya) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western...
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    Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo) is a brackish lake located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. Hydrologically...
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    occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the...
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    Zulia (redirect from Zulia, Maracaibo)
    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...
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    The Maracaibo Basin, also known as Lake Maracaibo natural region, Lake Maracaibo depression or Lake Maracaibo Lowlands, is a foreland basin and one of...
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  • Esso Maracaibo may refer to: MV Esso Maracaibo, name used from 1947 to 1956 for the former USS Narraguagas (AOG-32) SS Esso Maracaibo, launched in 1959...
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    Ojeda visited the Venezuelan coast. The stilt houses in the area of Lake Maracaibo reminded the Italian navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, of the city of Venice...
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  • Maracaibo Province may refer to: Maracaibo Province (Spanish Empire) 1676-1824 Maracaibo Province (Gran Colombia), Gran Colombia 1824-1830 Maracaibo Province...
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  • Maracaibo Maracaibo Basin Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo Lake (Bolivia) Maracaibo Province (disambiguation) Maracaibo (film) All pages with titles...
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  • Lake of Maracaibo may refer to: Laguna Maracaibo in Bolivia; Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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    The Maracaibo Metro, also known as Metro del Sol Amado, is a six-station light rail system in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Service between La Vanega and El Varillal...
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    and eventually burned much of Maracaibo before moving to San Antonio de Gibraltar, on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. Despite being outnumbered, the...
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  • The Maracaibo National Prison (Sabaneta Prison) was a notoriously violent prison in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela in the state of Zulia.[not verified...
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    The Battle of Lake Maracaibo also known as the "Naval Battle of the Lake" was fought on 24 July 1823 on Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo between fleets under...
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    Maracaibo is a 1958 American drama film directed by Cornel Wilde and written by Ted Sherdeman. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane, Francis...
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    Maracaibo Province or Maracaybo Province from 1676 to 1824 was a province of the Spanish Empire. It resulted from a merger of the former Province of Mérida...
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  • Maracaibo Province was a province of the 1824 created Zulia Department of Gran Colombia. The capital was Maracaibo. The Zulia Department was a successor...
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  • Maracaibo Lake is a lake in the Cercado Province, Beni Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 177 m, its surface area is 15.8 km2. v t e...
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    Venezuela. Related to the true lignum vitae trees (Guaiacum), it is known as Maracaibo lignum vitae or (like its relative B. sarmientoi) as "verawood". Fruits...
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  • Maracaibo 15 is a Venezuelan gaita band. Founded in 1974 by singer Betulio Medina in Maracaibo, the name of this group reflects the fact that it was originally...
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    Maracaibo Province was a province of Venezuela from 1830 to 1864. Before 1830 the area was named Zulia Department. In 1864 the area was named Maracaibo...
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    (now Portobelo in modern Panama). In 1668, he sailed for Maracaibo and Gibraltar on Lake Maracaibo in modern-day Venezuela; he plundered both cities before...
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    The Maracaibo tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum viridanum), also known as the short-tailed tody-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae....
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    The Maracaibo dry forests (NT0222) is an ecoregion in Venezuela around Lake Maracaibo. It contains the country's main oil fields. The habitat is criss-crossed...
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  • Esso Maracaibo was a tanker of the Creole Petroleum Corporation (a subsidiary of Standard Oil Corporation of New Jersey). She was the second ship of that...
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    formed by the Guajira Peninsula. A 54 km (34 mi) strait connects it with Maracaibo Lake to the south. The Gulf is located in the north of South America,...
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  • Deportivo Rayo Zuliano (category Sport in Maracaibo)
    Deportivo Rayo Zuliano is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Maracaibo. Founded in 2005, the club play in the Venezuelan Primera División, hosting...
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    for which it was specially developed, the M1 also runs in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In Maracaibo, trains only have three cars and green-white paint, and use...
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    (Haiti) Gulf of Honduras Golfo de los Mosquitos Gulf of Venezuela Lake Maracaibo Gulf of Paria Gulf of Darién Bay of All Saints Guanabara Bay Lagoa dos...
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    Bolivar Coastal Fields (category Lake Maracaibo)
    the Bolivar Coastal Complex, is located on the eastern margin of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Bolivar Coastal Field is the largest oil field in South America...
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