La Guaira

La Guaria is the capital of the state of La Guaira 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 .
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  • Type: Town with 60,800 residents
  • Description: city in Vargas state, Venezuela
  • Also known as: La Guayra

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Fórum La Guaira.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Macuto.

is a city in the state of La Guaira in . is some 10 km from the airport and the adjoining state capital of La Guaira. 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 Guaira

Latitude
10.6° or 10° 36′ 0″ north
Longitude
-66.9296° or 66° 55′ 47″ west
Population
60,800
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
LAG
United Nations Location Code
VE LAG
Open location code
772MJ32C+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 922792493
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3637721
Wiki­data ID
Q873405
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“La Guaira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: لا غوايرا
  • Aragonese: La Guaira
  • Aragonese: San Pedro de La Guaira
  • Armenian: Լա Գուայրա
  • Asturian: La Guaira
  • Azerbaijani: La-Quayra
  • Basque: La Guaira
  • Belarusian: Ла-Гуайра
  • Belarusian: Ля-Гуайра
  • Bulgarian: Гуайра
  • Catalan: La Guaira
  • Cebuano: La Guaira
  • Chinese: 拉瓜伊拉
  • Czech: La Guaira
  • Danish: La Guaira
  • Dutch: La Guaira
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا جوايرا
  • Esperanto: La Guaira
  • Finnish: La Guaira
  • French: La Guaira
  • Galician: La Guaira
  • Georgian: ლა გუაირა
  • Georgian: ლა-გუაირა
  • German: La Guaira
  • Hebrew: לה גואירה
  • Indonesian: La Guaira
  • Irish: La Guaira
  • Italian: La Guaira
  • Japanese: ラ・グアイラ
  • Japanese: ラグアイラ
  • Korean: 라 과이라
  • Korean: 라과이라
  • Lithuanian: La Guaira
  • Lithuanian: La Gvaira
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Guaira
  • Norwegian: La Guaira
  • Ossetian: Ла-Гуайрæ
  • Papiamento: La Guaira
  • Persian: لا گوایرا
  • Polish: La Guaira
  • Portuguese: La Guaira
  • Quechua: La Guaira
  • Romanian: La Guaira
  • Russian: Ла-Гуайра
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Guaira
  • Sinhala: ලා ගුයිරා, වෙනිසියුලාව
  • Slovak: La Guaira
  • Slovenian: La Guaira
  • Spanish: La Guaira
  • Swedish: La Guaira
  • Tatar: Ла-Гвайра
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Гуайра
  • Urdu: لا گوایرا
  • Venetian: La Guaira
  • Waray (Philippines): La Guaira
  • Yiddish: לא גואירע
  • La Guaira

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