El Callao
El Callao is the capital city of the El Callao Municipality in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela. It was founded in the mid-19th century. The goldmine at El Callao, once one of the richest goldmines in the world, came into operation in 1871.- Type: City
- Description: city in Bolívar, Venezuela
- Also known as: “El Callao, Venezuela”
El Callao
- Category: locality
- Location: El Callao Municipality, Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
7.34736° or 7° 20′ 51″ north
Longitude
-61.83319° or 61° 49′ 60″ west
Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)
Open location code
67VW85W8+WP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“El Callao” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “El Callao”
- Chinese: “埃尔卡亚俄”
- Chinese: “埃爾卡亞俄”
- Dutch: “El Callao”
- French: “El Callao”
- Italian: “El Callao”
- Lithuanian: “El Kaljao”
- Polish: “El Callao”
- Portuguese: “El Callao”
- Russian: “Эль-Кальяо (город)”
- Russian: “Эль-Кальяо”
- Silesian: “El Callao”
- Spanish: “El Callao”
- Turkish: “El Callao, Venezuela”
- Urdu: “ایل کایاؤ، وینزویلا”
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