13 Facts About Maracaibo

Maracaibo is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela.

Maracaibo is considered the economic center of western Venezuela, owing to the petroleum industry that developed in the shores of Lake Maracaibo.

Name Maracaibo is said to come from the brave cacique Mara, a young native who valiantly resisted the Spaniards and died fighting them.

Maracaibo destroyed the Magdalena and burned the San Luis by sending a dummy ship full of gunpowder to explode near them, after which the crew of the Soledad surrendered.

In 1810, the province of Maracaibo did not join the First Republic of Venezuela and remained loyal to the Spanish crown.

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Maracaibo then held the seat of the Captaincy General of Venezuela.

About 380 years, Maracaibo remained isolated and separated from the rest of the country.

In January 1903, as the naval blockade of Venezuela continued during the negotiations with presidente Cipriano Castro, the German warship SMS Panther attempted to enter Lake Maracaibo, which was a center of German commercial activity.

Maracaibo has become a large metropolitan city, comprising two municipalities: the municipality of Maracaibo proper, and the municipality of San Francisco, established in 1995, to the south.

Diocese of Maracaibo was elevated to Archdiocese on 30 April 1966 by Pope Paulus VI.

Maracaibo is one of the hottest cities of Venezuela and all of South America as well.

The Coquivocoa Little League team from Maracaibo placed third in the 1974 Little League World Series.

Culture in Maracaibo maintains strong Indigenous influences, from its gaitas, desserts, style, and other customs.