La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Alto Orinoco Municipality, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Esmeralda” and “La Esmeralda, Venezuela”
La Esmeralda
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Alto Orinoco Municipality, Amazonas, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
3.17719° or 3° 10′ 38″ northLongitude
-65.54337° or 65° 32′ 36″ westElevation
113 metres (371 feet)Open location code
67MP5FG4+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 313475832OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“La Esmeralda” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉埃斯梅拉达”
- Chinese: “拉埃斯梅拉達”
- Dutch: “La Esmeralda”
- French: “La Esmeralda”
- German: “La Esmeralda”
- Italian: “La Esmeralda”
- Lithuanian: “La Esmeralda”
- Narom: “La Esmeralda”
- Persian: “لا اسمرالدا (ونزوئلا)”
- Persian: “لا اسمرالدا”
- Portuguese: “La Esmeralda”
- Russian: “Ла-Эсмеральда”
- Scots: “La Esmeralda, Venezuela”
- Scots: “La Esmeralda”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Esmeralda, Venezuela”
- Spanish: “La Esmeralda”
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