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Amuay () is a fishing town located in the Paraguana Peninsula, in Falcón state, Venezuela. It is a natural bay, also has a fishing port and the bigger part of the Paraguana Refinery Complex (one of the largest oil refineries in the world at ) is located there.

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Place details

Locality
Amuay
Region
Falcón
Country
Venezuela
Population
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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Venezuela
Time zone
UTC−04:00
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Paraguaná Peninsula
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Amuay
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Amuay () is a fishing town located in the Paraguana Peninsula, in Falcón state, Venezuela. It is a natural bay, also has a fishing port and the bigger part of the Paraguana Refinery Complex (one of the largest oil refineries in the world at ) is located there.

This natural bay was extended to supply oil tankers. Despite the presence of the Oil Refinery, beaches near the bay are healthy and the water is crystalline. The nearest cities to Amuay are Judibana and Punto Fijo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amuay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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