Gran Roque is an island, one of the
federal dependencies
The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela) encompass most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela, excluding those islands that form the State of Nueva Espa ...
of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, located in the southeastern
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
in the archipelago of
Los Roques
The Los Roques Archipelago (Spanish: ''Archipiélago de Los Roques'') is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 square kilometers. The archipelago is located dir ...
,
which has 1.7 km
2 (170 ha) in extent, where the majority of the population lives. The
airport
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is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
History
Gran Roque already appears in Spanish maps as part of the
general captaincy of Venezuela, during the government of Antonio Guzman Blanco was included in the so-called Colón Territory.
In the twentieth century is included in the Federal dependencies and in the decade of 1990 becomes the seat of the authority of Area that would disappear to be replaced by the Insular Territory Miranda in 2011.
In 2019 the local airport was modernized.
Geography
Gran Roque has a territorial extension of 170 hectares or 1.70 square kilometers is located in the northeastern part of the archipelago, being its geographic coordinates 11º 47´33´´ of north latitude and 66º 40´37´´ of west longitude in its central part. its highest point is the Cerro Roque with 37 msnm and has 2.361 inhabitants. It is shaped like a right triangle with the sharpest vertex facing northwest, and its maximum dimensions are: 3.15 km in a southeast to northwest direction and 990 m in a northeast to southwest direction.
Government
Gran Roque works as capital of the Venezuelan Federal Dependencies, and also of the Insular Miranda Territory and is the seat of all the inns, the airport, the school and was the headquarters of the Single Area Authority (AUA).
The island does not depend on any municipal or state government but is directly administered by the central government through the figure of the island Territory, created in 2011.
Gallery
File:Village Gran Roque.jpg
File:Atardecer en el Gran Roque.JPG
File:El gran roque.jpg, Island of Gran Rouqe
File:Deportes acuáticos en Los Roques.JPG
File:A punto de llegar.JPG
See also
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Los Roques Airport
Los Roques Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Los Roques) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some north of Caracas.
The runway was repaved in 2007. Air traffic is ...
, a small airport located on the island
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Geography of Venezuela
Venezuela is a country in South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana. It is situated on major sea and air routes linking North and South America. Located at the northernmost end of ...
References
External links
Location map
Los Roques Archipelago
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