El Amparo
El Amparo is a town located in Páez Municipality, Apure of Venezuela. It is located on the border with Colombia, on the banks of the Arauca River. The Massacre of El Amparo took place near the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Amparo”, “El Amparo de Apure”, and “El Amparo, Apure”
Places of Interest
Highlights include José Antonio Páez International Bridge.
El Amparo
- Categories: border city, city, administrative territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Páez Municipality, Apure, Los Llanos, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
7.10143° or 7° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
-70.7566° or 70° 45′ 24″ westElevation
129 metres (423 feet)Open location code
67VF462V+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 9014702076OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“El Amparo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “El Amparo”
- Catalan: “El Amparo”
- French: “El Amparo (Apure)”
- French: “El Amparo”
- German: “El Amparo de Apure”
- German: “El Amparo”
- Polish: “El Amparo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Amparo”
- Spanish: “El Amparo de Apure”
- Spanish: “El Amparo”
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