Machiques
Sign in to saveMachiques is a city in Zulia State, Venezuela, located in the northwest portion of the country. It is close to the border with Colombia, and the area's main economic activity is cattle raising. On 16 August 2005 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, en route from Panama City to Fort-de-France, stalled and crashed in a mountainous area of the municipality, killing all 160 people on board.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in A, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Machiques is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Zulia, Colombia and Venezuela.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities in Zulia and Machiques.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Machiques
- Region
- Zulia
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 132,734
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Machiques
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Machiques bandera.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Machiques de perija.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 75px
- Settlement.image_map
- Venezuela - Zulia - Machiques de Perijá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Machiques shown within the state of Zulia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zulia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Machiques de Perijá
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 8 November 1841
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Municipio Machiques
- Population
- 122734
- Elevation
- 100
- Dialing code
- 0263
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Machiques
- postal code
- 4021
- inception
- 1841-11-08
- P12749
- Homburg
- Commons category
- Machiques
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
On the map
2 mapped locations