San Carlos del Zulia
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.- Type: Town with 56,500 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Del Zulia” and “San Carlos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport.
Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport
Aerodrome
Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport is an airport serving Santa Bárbara del Zulia, a city in Zulia State, Venezuela. It is also known as Santa Bárbara del Zulia Airport. Miguel Urdaneta Fernández Airport is situated 3½ km southwest of San Carlos del Zulia.
San Carlos del Zulia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Colón Municipality, Zulia, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
9.0005° or 9° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
-71.9259° or 71° 55′ 33″ west
Population
56,500
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
67XC232F+6J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“San Carlos del Zulia” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- Chinese: “聖卡洛斯德爾蘇利亞”
- Chinese: “蘇利亞州聖卡洛斯”
- Dutch: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- French: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- German: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- Polish: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- Portuguese: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- Russian: “Сан Карлос Дел Зулиа”
- Spanish: “San Carlos del Zulia”
- Urdu: “سان کارلوس دل زولیا”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Policlínica Sur del Lago and DHL Santa Barbara.
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