Lake Maracaibo

Maracaibo ( , ; ) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, located on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the capital of Zulia and is the second-largest city proper in Venezuela, after the national capital, Caracas. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,602, with the metropolitan area estimated at 2,727,957 . Maracaibo is commonly nicknamed "" (The Beloved Land of the Sun).

large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea

River shared between Colombia and Venezuela

Bridge in Venezuela

oil field in Venezuela

1823 America's independence naval battle