18 Facts About Zulia

Zulia State is in northwestern Venezuela, bordering Lake Maracaibo, the largest body of water of its kind in Latin America.

Zulia is economically important to the country for its oil and mineral exploitation, but it is one of the major agricultural areas of Venezuela, highlighting the region's contribution in areas such as livestock, bananas, fruits, meat, and milk.

Alternatively, it had been said that the state was named after the Zulia River, known in Colombia as Batatas, which leads into the Catatumbo River.

Zulia was an important leader of a tribal federation located in what is Colombia's Norte de Santander Department, and the princess Zulia was well known for her physical and moral qualities, formidable temper, and bravery.

Territory that covers the State of Zulia was erected in the Province of Maracaibo in the year of 1678 and was added, along with Merida, to the Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada.

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The Constituent Congress of 1824 divided the territory of Colombia into four departments, one of which was Zulia, composed of the provinces of Coro, Merida and Maracaibo; but when the Great Colombia was dissolved in 1830, Maracaibo was left with the character of Province composed of its own territory and that of Trujillo.

State of Zulia is a compendium of diverse geographical areas.

The geomorphological evolution of the state of Zulia is related to the processes generated by the collision between the South American and Pacific tectonic plates, in their interaction with the Caribbean plate.

Geomorphological conformation of the state of Zulia is a semicircular depression.

Soils of Zulia State, framed within the depression of Lake Maracaibo, are the result of the interaction of factors such as relief, climate, materialorigin, vegetation and soil formation processes.

State of Zulia has one of the best road networks in the country, as befits the fact that the west of the country is located in this state.

Zulia has one of the most important ports in Venezuela, Maracaibo.

El Regional del Zulia based in Ciudad Ojeda is among the most read in the state.

Zulia state has three local open signal television stations such as NCTV, Televiza, Telecolor, Global TV and Catatumbo Television, and cable stations such as ATEL, and Coquivacoa Television, all based in Maracaibo.

The majority of the population of Zulia state is Christian which is a legacy of centuries of Spanish colonization.

State of Zulia has symbols that identify it politically, historically and culturally with the Nation and the other Federal Entities.

State of Zulia has resources from nature that identify its beauty.

Security and public order in the State is in charge of the Regional Police of the State of Zulia, officially known as the Corps of Police of the State of Zulia, which depends on the State Government.