Paraguaná Peninsula

Paraguaná is a peninsula and tied island in , situated in the north of , and comprises the municipalities of Carirubana, Los Taques and Falcón.
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  • Peninsula
  • …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (580 feet)
  • …is also known as “Paraguaná”
  • Description: peninsula in Falcón, Central-Western Region

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buena Vista and Pueblo Nuevo.
Jujovar2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town, which is situated 8 km southeast of Paraguaná Peninsula.
Joseprool, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town, which is situated 9 km east of Paraguaná Peninsula.

Paraguaná Peninsula

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Latitude
11.91667° or 11° 55′ north
Longitude
-70° or 70° west
Open location code
773GW282+M2
Geo­Names ID
3630782
Wiki­data ID
Q1851445

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Wayuu—“Paraguaná Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Paraquana yarımadası”
  • Bulgarian: “Парагуана”
  • Catalan: “Península de Paraguaná”
  • Cebuano: “Península de Paraguaná”
  • Chinese: “巴拉瓜納半島”
  • Chinese: “巴拉瓜纳半岛”
  • Chinese: “帕拉古亚纳半岛”
  • Chinese: “帕拉古亞納半島”
  • Chinese: “帕拉瓜納半島”
  • Chinese: “帕拉瓜纳半岛”
  • Czech: “Paraguaná”
  • Dutch: “Paraguaná”
  • Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Paraguaná”
  • Esperanto: “Paraguaná”
  • French: “Péninsule de Paraguaná”
  • Georgian: “პარაგუანის ნახევარკუნძული”
  • German: “Paraguaná”
  • Indonesian: “Semenanjung Paraguaná”
  • Japanese: “パラグアナ半島”
  • Korean: “파라과나반도”
  • Korean: “파라과냐 반도”
  • Lithuanian: “Paraguanos pusiasalis”
  • Lithuanian: “Paragvanos pusiasalis”
  • Macedonian: “Парагвана”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paraguaná”
  • Norwegian: “Paraguaná”
  • Papiamento: “Paraguaná”
  • Papiamento: “Peninsula di Paraguaná”
  • Polish: “Paraguaná”
  • Portuguese: “Paraguana”
  • Portuguese: “Península de Paraguaná”
  • Russian: “Парагуана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paraguaná”
  • Slovenian: “Paraguaná”
  • Slovenian: “polotok Paraguaná”
  • Spanish: “Paraguaná”
  • Spanish: “Península de Paraguaná”
  • Swedish: “Paraguaná”
  • Swedish: “Paraguanáhalvön”
  • Turkish: “Paraguaná Yarımadası”
  • Ukrainian: “Парагуана”
  • Wayuu: “Sojotojooya Parawanaa”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as San Carlos and El Yacural.

Notable Places Nearby

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