Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo


Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo is a metropolitan area and subregion, that includes 7 municipalities of Zulia state. It's the main traditional area of the oil industry in Zulia and where most oilfield operations are based. It's bordered to the west by Lake Maracaibo, the east with the states of Falcón and Lara, the north with the Gulf of Venezuela, and the south with Trujillo state. The "COL" conurbation has 758,957 inhabitants, while the "COL" as a subregion has 910,752 inhabitants.

Cities

It is a densely populated area covering approximately one third of the population of Zulia state, with 2 large cities and numerous towns and villages. The principal cities of the area are:
  1. Cabimas
  2. Ciudad Ojeda
  3. Mene Grande
  4. Los Puertos de Altagracia
  5. Lagunillas
  6. Bachaquero
  7. Santa Rita
  8. El Danto
  9. Tía Juana
  10. Sabaneta de Palmas

    Municipalities

The 7 municipalities of the area are:
MunicipalityArea Population 2013Population density 2013
Miranda1966101,24851.49
Santa Rita50554,748108.41
Cabimas604299,108495.21
Simón Bolívar25847,535184.24
Lagunillas975245,283251.57
Valmore Rodriguez112764,91857.65
Baralt281697.91234.76
Costa Oriental del Lago8251910,752110.38

Satellite image of the Costa Oriental del Lago at night. The limits of it in green, the conurbation in hot-pink and principal cities in red.