* The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair ( Maracaibo, Venezuela )

New Granada will join Venezuela, if they convene to form a new republic, their capital will be Maracaibo …. This great nation would be called Colombia in tribute to the justice and gratitude of the creator of our hemisphere.

Most observers describe Venezuela in terms of four fairly well-defined regions: the Maracaibo lowlands in the northwest, the northern mountains extending in a broad east-west arc from the Colombian border along the Caribbean Sea, the wide Orinoco plains ( llanos ) in central Venezuela, and rank highly dissected Guiana highlands in the southeast.

Venezuela is connected to the world primarily via air ( Venezuela's airports include the Simón Bolívar International Airport near Caracas and La Chinita International Airport near Maracaibo ) and sea ( with major sea ports at La Guaira, Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello ).

** The city of Maracaibo, Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.

He was one of four Muscatine residents to be appointed as a diplomatic envoy between 1855 and 1900, a remarkable feat for a town of such small size: George Van Horne was consul at Marseilles, France during the 1860s ; Samuel McNutt served at Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1890 ; and Frank W. Mahin represented his country in Reichenberg, Austria in 1900.

He defeated former world champion Betulio González in Maracaibo, Venezuela by a decision in 15, Steve Muchoki in Copenhagen, Denmark by a knockout in 13, Ramon Neri ( a deaf-mute boxer ) by a knockout in 9 at Córdoba, Shuichi Hozumi by a knockout in 2 in Japan, Hee Sup Chin, by a knockout in one in South Korea, Juan Herrera, in a rematch at Marsala, Italy, by a decision in 15, former world champion Prudencio Cardona by a knockout in 10 in Córdoba, former two-time world Junior Flyweight champion Hilario Zapata by a decision in 15 at Buenos Aires, and Antoine Monteiro, beaten by a knockout in 11 at Paris, France.

During his stay in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in the late 1930s, he wrote waltzes with a local flavour ( Luna de Maracaibo ) and introduced a touch of jazz in some of them ( i. e. Juliana ).

In the 1920s drilling was done from concrete platforms in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.

SAM ’ s aircraft flew to and from Panama ; San Juan de Puerto Rico ; Lima and Talara in Peru ; Kingston in Jamaica ; Caracas and Maracaibo in Venezuela ; La Habana in Cuba ; Managua in Nicaragua ; Quito in Ecuador ; Curaçao ; Guatemala ; Mexico ; Santiago de Chile ; and Manaus in Brazil.

* Central American and Caribbean Games held in Maracaibo, Venezuela

Zulia State is located northwest of Venezuela, around Maracaibo Lake.

During the Spanish colonial period, its lands were part of the Venezuela Province until 1676, year in which its lands were added to the Province of Mérida del Espiritu Santo de la Grita, becoming the province Espiritu Santo de Maracaibo, or Maracaibo Province.

With the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, it was named Maracaibo Province, and was one of the 11 provinces of Venezuela during this period.

Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, British Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Maracaibo ( western ) portion of Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba, Haiti, Dominica, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.

* On August 2, 1957, the world record for high-band ( channels 7 – 13 ) sporadic E television DX was extended to approximately with the reception of the YVLV channel 9 relay from Maracaibo, Venezuela, by Bobby Grimes in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Lake Maracaibo () is a large brackish bay in Venezuela at.

The surrounding Maracaibo Basin contains large reserves of crude oil, making the lake a major profit center for Venezuela.

* Guide of Maracaibo, Venezuela

In 2006, Copa Airlines announced and began service to six new destinations: Manaus, Brazil ; Maracaibo, Venezuela ;

About 5 km southwest of Caja Seca is a 13-km cutoff road to Lake Maracaibo, the largest lake in Venezuela and one of the largest in all of South America.

Nowadays there are three important classical liberal movements ( still no parties ): Organization for the Liberal Democracy in Venezuela ( Organización por la Democracia Liberal en Venezuela ), a classical liberal, pro-capitalism think-tank ; Liberal Democratic Movement ( Movimiento Demócrata Liberal ) and " Rumbo Propio para el Zulia " from Maracaibo, Zulia, a classical liberal autonomist movement.

The Maracaibo ( second city ) metro system is still unfinished.

* August 24 – Lake Maracaibo is discovered.

Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but is often regarded as a large brackish bay due to its direct connection with the sea.

The state capital is Maracaibo.

Near the mouth of the Catatumbo River, where it empties into Lake Maracaibo, is the famous Catatumbo lightning ( Relámpago del Catatumbo ) which is recognised by the lightning bolts on the state's flag and coat of arms.

As of June 18, 2004, a large portion ( 18 %) of the surface of Lake Maracaibo is covered by duckweed, specifically Lemna.

There is some mystery as to how the plant came to reside in the waters of Lake Maracaibo.

According to scientists from the Institute for the Conservation of Lake Maracaibo ( ICLAM ), one of the government organizations charged with the care of Lake Maracaibo, the weed is probably native to the lake, but few studies have been conducted to confirm that suspicion.

Maracaibo is fed by both salt water from the Caribbean and fresh water from numerous rivers.

The Neotropical family Callichthyidae is found in most South American river drainages ( Paraná-Paraguay, São Francisco, Atlantic Coastal basins in Brazil, Amazon, Orinoco, Maracaibo, Magdalena ), as well as in a few rivers in Panama.

A private university in Maracaibo, Universidad Dr. José Gregorio Hernández ( launched in 2003 ), is named for him.

There is a stadium in Maracaibo, Venezuela, bearing his father's name.

* March 16 – Viasa Flight 742, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, is unable to gain altitude after takeoff from Maracaibo, Venezuela, strikes power lines, and crashes into the La Trinidad section of the city, killing all 84 people on board and 71 people on the ground.

It is an important urban, industrial, commercial and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fourth largest city by population and area in Venezuela after Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia.

* Maracaibo Lake Bridge in Venezuela, designed by Riccardo Morandi is opened.

Lake Valencia () is the third largest lake in Venezuela, exceeded in size only by Lake Maracaibo and the artificial Lake Guri.

Alexander Jose Herrera ( born November 5, 1976 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela ) is a retired Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher.

An image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá can be found at the Basílica of Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where it is also called La Chinita.

The following February, the army was called to contain similar riots in Puerto La Cruz and Barcelona, and again in June, when rising of transportation costs ended in riots in Maracaibo and other cities.