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Machiques


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nameMachiques
native_name
native_name_lang
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_flagMachiques bandera.svg
flag_size100px
image_sealEscudo Machiques de perija.png
seal_size75px
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image_mapVenezuela - Zulia - Machiques de Perijá.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionMachiques shown within the state of Zulia
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pushpin_mapVenezuela
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameVenezuelaVenezuela
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Zulia
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Machiques de Perijá
established_titleFounded
established_date8 November 1841
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population_as_of2011
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population_urban63,000
population_metro122,734
timezone1VET
utc_offset1−4
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Machiques 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.

Transport

It is proposed that the city receive a railway station on the new national railway network.

References

References

  1. [http://www.geonames.org/3633444/machiques.html ''Machiques'']. Geonames.org. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. Hradecky, Simon. (5 September 2010). "Report:West Caribbean MD82 at Machiquez on Aug 16th 2005, Did Not Recover from High Altitude Stall". The Aviation Herald.
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