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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 located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. While Maracaibo is...
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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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  • 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 is a city and municipality in the Zulia State, Venezuela. Maracaibo can also refer to: Maracaibo Basin Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Lake of Maracaibo may refer to: Maracaibo Lake (Bolivia) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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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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    Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, also known as the Sack of Maracaibo and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, was a military event that took place between...
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  • The Maracaibo Open Invitational was a golf tournament in Venezuela played from 1960 to 1974. It was part of the Caribbean Tour. The event was played at...
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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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  • 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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  • 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 Province was a historical region of Venezuela that corresponds roughtly to the actual Zulia State. The eighteenth century geographer Antonio...
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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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    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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  • Club Unión Atlético Maracaibo (usually called Maracaibo) was a professional club founded in 2001 and the club had one First Division title in the professional...
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    Portobelo in modern Panamá). In 1668, he sailed for Maracaibo, Venezuela, and Gibraltar, on Lake Maracaibo; he plundered both cities before destroying a large...
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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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    future nation of Venezuela, in particular by orienting the province of Maracaibo towards the province of Caracas. In 1494, despite the presence of indigenous...
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    Chiquinquirá Delgado (category People from Maracaibo)
    María Chiquinquirá Delgado Díaz (born August 17, 1972 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder...
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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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    Viasa Flight 742 (category Events in Maracaibo)
    with an intermediate stopover in Maracaibo, Venezuela that crashed on 16 March 1969. After taking off on the Maracaibo to Miami leg, the McDonnell Douglas...
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  • Titanes F.C. (redirect from TFC Maracaibo)
    an attempt to get closer to the identity of dissolved Unión Atlético Maracaibo. On 15 November 2021, Titanes won the second division after defeating...
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