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Place details
- Locality
- Puerto Cabello
- Region
- Carabobo
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 174,000
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
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Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- State
- Carabobo
- Municipality
- Puerto Cabello
- Mayor
- Juan Carlos Betancourt
- Total
- 729 km (281 sq mi)
- Density
- 262/km (679/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Porteño
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( VET )
- Climate
- Aw
- Website
- Alcaldía de Puerto Cabello
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Encyclopedic overview
Puerto Cabello ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto kaˈβeʝo] ) is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the country and is thus a vital cog in the country's vast oil industry. The word 'cabello' translates to 'hair'. The Spanish took to saying that the sea was so calm there that a ship could be moored to the dock with a single hair.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puerto Cabello” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.