Vargas

The Central region is in north central . It encompasses the states of Distrito Capital, , , and Vargas.
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  • Type: state of Venezuela with 333,000 residents
  • Description: state of Venezuela
  • Also known as: La Guaira”, “La Guaira state”, “Vargas state”, and “Vargas State
  • Historically known as: Estado Vargas” and “Vargas

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Fórum La Guaira and Humboldt Hotel.

Stadium
Estadio Jorge Luis García Carneiro is a baseball stadium located in , Venezuela and the current home of the Tiburones de La Guaira. It has a capacity of 14,300, along with 1200 parking spaces. is situated 4 km north of Vargas.

Hotel
is situated 4 km southeast of Vargas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Macuto and La Guaira.

is a city in the state of La Guaira in . is some 10 km from the airport and the adjoining state capital of . Since is served by public buses and the "por Puesto" private jitneys from , the quiet weekday beaches will become crowded with many Caracenos on weekends.

La Guaria is the capital of the state of in . 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 .

Vargas

Latitude
10.5667° or 10° 34′ north
Longitude
-66.9° or 66° 54′ west
Population
333,000
Elevation
1,110 metres (3,642 feet)
Open location code
772MH38X+MX
Geo­Names ID
3830309
Wiki­data ID
Q205843
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Vargas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فارغاس
  • Arabic: ولاية فارغاس
  • Aragonese: Estato Vargas
  • Aragonese: Estau La Guaira
  • Aragonese: Vargas
  • Asturian: Estáu Vargas
  • Asturian: Vargas
  • Basque: La Guaira
  • Belarusian: Варгас (штат)
  • Belarusian: Варгас
  • Belarusian: штат Варгас
  • Bengali: ভার্গাস
  • Breton: La Guaira
  • Breton: Vargas
  • Bulgarian: Варгас
  • Catalan: Estat de Vargas
  • Catalan: Vargas
  • Cebuano: Estado Vargas
  • Chinese: Vargas
  • Chinese: 巴尔加斯州
  • Chinese: 巴爾加斯州
  • Chinese: 拉瓜伊拉州
  • Chinese: 瓦爾加斯
  • Cornish: Vargas
  • Croatian: Vargas
  • Czech: La Guaira (stát)
  • Czech: La Guaira
  • Danish: Vargas
  • Dutch: La Guaira
  • Dutch: Vargas
  • Esperanto: Vargas
  • Estonian: Vargas
  • Estonian: Vargase osariik
  • Finnish: Vargas
  • French: Etat de La Guaira
  • French: État de La Guaira
  • French: La Guaira
  • Georgian: ვარგასის შტატი
  • German: La Guaira
  • German: Vargas
  • Greek: Βάργκας
  • Gujarati: વર્ગાસ
  • Hebrew: ורגאס
  • Hindi: वर्गास (राज्य)
  • Indonesian: Vargas
  • Italian: Vargas
  • Japanese: バルガス州
  • Japanese: バルガス市
  • Japanese: ラ・グアイラ州
  • Kannada: ವರ್ಗಾಸ್
  • Korean: 바르가스주
  • Ladino: Vargas
  • Latvian: Vargasa
  • Lithuanian: Vargasas
  • Macedonian: Варгас
  • Malay: Vargas
  • Marathi: वर्गास
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vargas
  • Northern Frisian: Vargas (Bundesstoot)
  • Northern Frisian: Vargas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vargas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vargas
  • Norwegian: Vargas
  • Ossetian: Ла-Гуайрæ (штат)
  • Ossetian: Ла-Гуайрæ
  • Persian: وارگاس، ونزوئلا
  • Persian: وارگاس
  • Polish: Vargas
  • Portuguese: Estado de Vargas
  • Portuguese: Vargas
  • Portuguese: Estado Vargas” (historical)
  • Quechua: Vargas suyu
  • Romanian: Vargas
  • Russian: Варгас
  • Russian: Штат Варгас
  • Scots: Vargas
  • Serbian: Варгас
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vargas
  • Sinhala: වර්ගාස් ප්‍රාන්තය, වෙනිසියුලාව
  • Sinhala: වර්ගාස්
  • Slovenian: Estado La Guaira
  • Slovenian: La Guaira
  • Slovenian: Vargas
  • South Azerbaijani: وارقاس، ونزوئلا
  • Spanish: El Litoral
  • Spanish: Estado La Guaira
  • Spanish: La Guaira
  • Spanish: Estado Vargas” (historical)
  • Swedish: Vargas
  • Tajik: Ijoloti Vargas
  • Tajik: Иёлоти Варгас
  • Tamil: வர்காஸ்
  • Telugu: వర్గాస్
  • Thai: รัฐบาร์กัส
  • Thai: รัฐลากวยรา
  • Turkish: Vargas
  • Ukrainian: Варгас
  • Urdu: بارگاس
  • Vietnamese: Vargas (bang)
  • Vietnamese: Vargas
  • Waray (Philippines): Departamento Vargas
  • Waray (Philippines): Vargas
  • Wayuu: Waarka
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ ورگاس
  • Wu Chinese: 巴尔加斯州
  • Vargas

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vargas”. Photo: Enzo861, CC BY-SA 3.0.