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Maracaibo,
city, northwestern Venezuela,
capital of Zulia State,
the chief seaport and
industrial center for
the petroleum-rich Maracaibo
Basin. The city is located
on the western shore
of a channel linking
Lake Maracaibo and the
Gulf of Venezuela (an
arm of the Caribbean
Sea). It is a major
petroleum-shipping center
and has industries producing
refined petroleum, processed
food, textiles, and
construction materials.
A large metropolitan
area with extensive
barrios (shantytowns)
surrounds the central
city.
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