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Revision as of 14:20, 2 June 2016
La Esmeralda | |
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Country | Venezuela |
State | Amazonas State |
Municipality | Alto Orinoco Municipality |
Founded | 1758 |
Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
Time zone | VST |
Climate | Af |
La Esmeralda is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.