Punta Cardón

Punta Cardón is a town and parish in the Carirubana autonomous municipality of state, Venezuela. The town was once a poor fishing community on the Gulf of Coro on the northwest coast of Venezuela.
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  • Type: Suburb with 114,000 residents
  • Description: town in Falcón, Venezuela
  • Also known as: Cardon”, “Cordon”, “El Cardón”, and “Puerto Cardon

Punta Cardón

Latitude
11.6175° or 11° 37′ 3″ north
Longitude
-70.2117° or 70° 12′ 42″ west
Population
114,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
United Nations Location Code
VE PCN
Open location code
773FJQ9Q+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 792186766
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3629614
Wiki­data ID
Q3410865
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Punta Cardón” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Punta Cardón
  • French: Punta Cardón
  • Lithuanian: Punta Kardonas
  • Polish: Punta Cardón
  • Russian: Пунта-Кардон
  • Spanish: Punta Cardon
  • Spanish: Punta Cardón

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