Northwest
The Northwest is a region in Venezuela.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Maracaibo and Barquisimeto.
Maracaibo
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Maracaibo is the capital of Zulia state in Northwest Venezuela, and is the second largest city in the country after Caracas. It has more than 2 million people and it's famous for its typical music, big shopping malls and beautiful parks.
Barquisimeto
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Barquisimeto is a city in Northwest Venezuela and the state capital of Lara State. Founded in 1552, it is a center of commerce and agriculture for western Venezuela and the country's fourth biggest municipality.
Coro
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Coro is the capital of Falcón state in Northwest Venezuela. It had about 200,000 residents as of 2011. Santa Ana de Coro, referred to as Coro, was the first capital of Venezuela, is the oldest city in the west of Venezuela and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Punto Fijo and Médanos de Coro National Park.
Punto Fijo
Punto Fijo is the capital city of the municipality of Carirubana in northern Falcón State, Venezuela. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Paraguaná Peninsula.
Médanos de Coro National Park
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Médanos de Coro National Park is a 91 km2 Venezuelan national park in the state of Falcón in the northwest of Venezuela.
Morrocoy
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Morrocoy National Park lies on the east coast of Falcón State and the north-west side of Golfo Triste, on the west central Venezuelan coast, near the towns of Boca de Aroa, Tucacas, Sanare, Chichiriviche, and Tocuyo de la Costa.
Chichiriviche
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Chichiriviche, also known as Chichiriviche de la Costa, is a Venezuelan city located in Falcón state located on the east coast, 195 km southeast of Coro.
Northwest
- Type: cultural region
- Description: region of Venezuela
- Location: Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
9.81° or 9° 48′ 36″ northLongitude of center
-71.32° or 71° 19′ 12″ westWikidata ID
Q14205504
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Northwest” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nord-oest”
- Chinese: “西北地区 (委内瑞拉)”
- Chinese: “西北地区”
- Chinese: “西北地區”
- Italian: “Venezuela del nordovest”
- Slovenian: “Severozahod”
- Spanish: “Noroeste (Venezuela)”
- Spanish: “Occidente”
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