Sur del Lago de Maracaibo (often abbreviated as Sur del Lago, in English ''South of Maracaibo Lake'') is a subregion comprising the territory of the municipalities
Jesús María Semprún
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Catatumbo
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Colón,
Francisco Javier Pulgar and
Sucre
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Zulia
Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...
state and the municipality
Alberto Adriani
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Obispo Ramos Lora and the population of
Palmarito from
Tulio Febres Cordero municipality Tulio is a male given name of Latin origin (originally Tullius), which means "the one who leads". It is a fairly common given name in Spanish-speaking countries. Other popular forms are Tullio ( Italian) and Túlio ( Portuguese).
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from the state of
Mérida, Venezuela. Its major towns are
Santa Barbara del Zulia
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and
El Vigia, which represents its economic epicenter.
Bibliography
La región histórica del sur del Lago de Maracaibo y la influencia geohistórica de la ciudad de Mérida Claudio Alberto Briceño Monzón,
Universidad de Los Andes. (Spanish)
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