Maiquetía
Maiquetía is a city located in the Central Region of Venezuela, in the state of Vargas. It is at approximately 19 m above sea level on a small shelf between the Caribbean and the mountains behind it. Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, is approximately 37 km to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: City with 87,900 residents
- Description: city in Vargas, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Maiquetia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Simón Bolívar International Airport.
Simón Bolívar International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar" International Airport is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela, serving Caracas, the capital of the country, the center of which is about 21 kilometres to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Guaira and Catia La Mar.
La Guaira
Photo: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Guaria is the capital of the state of La Guaira in Central Venezuela. This is the country's historic port of entry. It is located next to Maiquetia which hosts the airport which sees 90% of the international air traffic in Venezuela and is about 20 minutes drive when there is no traffic from the country capital of Caracas.
Catia La Mar
Photo: Severuksen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Catia La Mar is a city in the state of La Guaira in Central Venezuela. The beaches west of the Caracas airport beginning with Catia La Mar have never been as popular or well maintained as those to the east.
Maiquetía
- Category: locality
- Location: Vargas Municipality, Vargas, Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.5966° or 10° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-66.9598° or 66° 57′ 35″ westPopulation
87,900Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)United Nations Location Code
VE MAIOpen location code
772MH2WR+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 922792875OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tatar—“Maiquetía” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Maiquetía”
- Bulgarian: “Майкетия”
- Catalan: “Maiquetía”
- Cebuano: “Maiquetía”
- Chinese: “邁克蒂亞”
- Dutch: “Maiquetia”
- Dutch: “Maiquetía”
- French: “Maiquetía”
- Georgian: “მაიკეტია”
- German: “Maiquetía”
- Italian: “Maiquetía”
- Japanese: “マイケティーア”
- Japanese: “マイケティア”
- Lithuanian: “Maiketija”
- Persian: “مایکتیا”
- Polish: “Maiquetía”
- Portuguese: “Maiquetía”
- Russian: “Майкетия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maiquetía”
- Spanish: “Maiquetia”
- Spanish: “Maiquetía”
- Tatar: “Майкетия”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Urbanización José María Vargas and Buena Vista.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hidrocapital and Hospital Dr. Rafael Medina Jiménez Periférico de Pariata.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maiquetía”. Photo: Wilfredor, CC0.