Sur del Lago de Maracaibo (often abbreviated as Sur del Lago, in English ''South of Maracaibo Lake'') is a subregion comprising the territory of the municipalities
Jesús María Semprún,
Catatumbo,
Colón,
Francisco Javier Pulgar and
Sucre from
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 and the municipality
Alberto Adriani,
Obispo Ramos Lora and the population of
Palmarito from
Tulio Febres Cordero municipality from the state of
Mérida, Venezuela. Its major towns are
Santa Barbara del Zulia,
San Carlos del Zulia and
El Vigia, which represents its economic epicenter.
Bibliography
La región histórica del sur del Lago de Maracaibo y la influencia geohistórica de la ciudad de Mérida Claudio Alberto Briceño Monzón,
Universidad de Los Andes. (Spanish)
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Physiographic sections
Geography of Mérida (state)
Geography of Zulia