Transport in Venezuela revolves around a system of highways and airports. Venezuela is connected to the world primarily via air and sea. In the south and east the Amazon rainforest region has limited cross-border transport; in the west, there is a mountainous border of over 1,375 miles (2,213 km) shared with Colombia. The Orinoco River is navigable by oceangoing vessels up to 400 km inland, and connects the major industrial city of Ciudad Guayana to the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcón State is one of the 23 states (estados) that constitute Venezuela. The state capital is Coro.
Punto Fijo is the capital city of the municipality of Carirubana in northern Falcón State, Venezuela. It is located on the southwestern coast of the Paraguaná Peninsula. Its metropolitan area includes the parishes of Norte, Carirubana, Punta Cardón and the parish of Judibana in the municipality of Los Taques. Punto Fijo is the largest city in Falcón State.
The Sistema Coriano also known as Lara-Falcón Formation, Coro region or Coriano system is one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela. Is the hilly and semi-mountainous area in northwest Venezuela, north of the Mérida Andes and east of the Maracaibo Basin, extending north to the Caribbean coast. It consists mostly of east-west running ridges, with the exception of the Sierra de Siruma or Empalado which run north-south.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas is the Latin an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in part of Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto is a Latin Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Venezuela's Lara state.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in western Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida, in western Venezuela's land-lockes Barinas state.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo is a diocese located in the city of Trujillo in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Acarigua–Araure is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Barquisimeto in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carora is a diocese located in the city of Carora in the Ecclesiastical province of Barquisimeto in Venezuela. It was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barquisimeto on July 25, 1992.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Coro is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in western Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guayana is a diocese located in the city of Ciudad Guayana in the Ecclesiastical province of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.
The Central-Western Region is one of the 10 administrative regions in which Venezuela was divided for its development plans; it comprises the states of Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, and Yaracuy.
Juan María Leonardi Villasmil was a Roman Catholic bishop.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Coromoto or The Cathedral Church of Punto Fijo, is located in the Comercio street in the center of Punto Fijo in Falcon state, in the north of the South American country of Venezuela. It belongs to the Diocese of Punto Fijo which is based and was founded in 1951, being elevated to Cathedral in 1997.
