Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo (in English ''Eastern Coast of Maracaibo Lake'') is a

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and subregion, that includes seven municipalities of

Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...

state. It is the main traditional area of the

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in Zulia and where most oilfield operations are based. It's bordered to the west by

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, the east with the states of

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and

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, the north with the

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, 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: Vista nocturna satelital de la Costa Oriental del Lago

Vista nocturna satelital de la Costa Oriental del Lago

Cabimas Cabimas is a city on the shore of Maracaibo Lake in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. In 2005, its population was around 200,859. Before 1900, Venezuela was known to possess commercial quantities of petroleum. One major find was the 'Zumaqu ...

(pop. 280,171) #

Ciudad Ojeda Ciudad Ojeda is a city located in the northeastern shore of Lake Maracaibo in Zulia State in northwestern Venezuela. Its population as of the 2005 census was listed as 128,941. History Ciudad Ojeda was founded on January 19, 1937, by former pr ...

(pop. 152,890) # Mene Grande (pop. 61,960) #

Los Puertos de Altagracia Los Puertos de Altagracia is the capital of the Miranda Municipality , which is located in the eastern coast of Lake Maracaibo in Zulia, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República B ...

(pop. approx. 56,210) # Lagunillas (pop. 53,717) # Bachaquero (pop. 48,402) # Santa Rita (pop. 30,777) # El Danto (pop. 30,022) #

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(pop. 24,775) #

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(pop. 20,033)Population of the Parish San Jose of Miranda Municipality

Municipalities

The 7 municipalities of the area are:

References

* Humberto Ochoa Urdaneta. (1995). Memoria Geográfica de la Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo. * Emilio Strauss, William Fuenmayor, José Romero. (2000). Atlas del Estado Zulia. * https://web.archive.org/web/20121107023045/http://www.ine.gov.ve/seccion/menuprincipal.asp?nedo=24&Entid=230000&seccion=1&nvalor=1_1 Geography of Zulia Metropolitan areas of Venezuela {{Zulia-geo-stub