La Esmeralda (
Ye'kuana: or
[Moreira, Maria Geralda de Almeida (2005) ''Em busca do território perdido: o reconhecimento daterra indígena Kaxarari no Brasil e da terra Ye'kuana do Alto Orinoco na Venezuela (1970-1002)'', page 158]) is a small settlement in and the capital of
Alto Orinoco Municipality in
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
’s
Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...
river, only 9 miles from the
Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the
Amazon River.
The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.
Geography
It is located on the shore of the
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...
river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
Climate
La Esmeralda has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...
(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links
General information about Amazonas state in Spanish from the national government
Populated places in Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
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