Santa Bárbara del Zulia
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Santa Bárbara del Zulia is a city of some 80,000 inhabitants in Zulia State in Venezuela
. It is located at 09° 00' N, 71° 54' W, to the south-west of Maracaibo Lake, in the Sur del Lago region of the state. Governor and presidential candidate Manuel Rosales
was born in this city on December 12, 1952.
Santa Bárbara is connected by two bridges across the Rio Escalante with the city of San Carlos del Zulia
, forming a twin city.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. It is located at 09° 00' N, 71° 54' W, to the south-west of Maracaibo Lake, in the Sur del Lago region of the state. Governor and presidential candidate Manuel Rosales
Manuel Rosales
Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero is a Venezuelan educator and politician and was the most prominent opposition candidate in the 2006 presidential election, losing to incumbent Hugo Chávez...
was born in this city on December 12, 1952.
Santa Bárbara is connected by two bridges across the Rio Escalante with the city of San Carlos del Zulia
San Carlos del Zulia
San Carlos del Zulia is the capital of Colón Municipality, located in Zulia State, Venezuela. Founded on March 14, 1778, by Captain Nicolás José Antúnez Pacheco y de la Cruz y Velasco, alderman of the city of Maracaibo, accompanied by lieutenant Ramón Hernández de la Calle, in charge of the...
, forming a twin city.