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Costa Oriental Del Lago De Maracaibo
Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo (in English ''Eastern Coast of Maracaibo Lake'') is a metropolitan area and subregion, that includes seven municipalities of Zulia state. It is the main traditional area of the oil industry in Zulia and where most oilfield operations are based. It's bordered to the west by Lake Maracaibo, the east with the states of FalcĂłn and Lara, the north with the Gulf of Venezuela, and the south with Trujillo state. The "COL" conurbation has 758,957 inhabitants, while the "COL" as a subregion has 910,752 inhabitants. Cities It is a densely populated area covering approximately one third of the population of Zulia state (almost one million), with 2 large cities and numerous towns and villages. The principal cities of the area are: # Cabimas (pop. 280,171) # Ciudad Ojeda (pop. 152,890) # Mene Grande (pop. 61,960) # Los Puertos de Altagracia (pop. approx. 56,210) # Lagunillas (pop. 53,717) # Bachaquero (pop. 48,402) # Santa Rita (pop. 30,777) # El Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is a polycentric urbanised area in which transportation has developed to link areas. They create a single urban labour market or travel to work area. Patrick Geddes coined the term in his book ''Cities In Evolution'' (1915). He drew attention to the ability of the new technology at the time of electric power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together, and gave as examples " Midlandton" in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, and the Northeastern Seaboard in the United States. The term as described is used in Britain whereas in the United States, each polycentric "metropolitan area" may have its own common designation such as San Francisco Bay Area or the Dallas†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
