- Maracaibo-
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Northwestern Venezuela, capital of Zulia State. It is located on the west coast of Lake Maracaibo.

The city has developed rapidly as a prosperous oil-shipping center around the port in Lake Maracaibo which was discovered in 1917.

The city was founded by the Spanish in 1571, and retains the image of the Spanish colonial period in the streets of Maracaibo.