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1117:eco-tourism
1026:, with the
452:Caño Manamo
369:Postal code
232: /
1516:Categories
1469:San Felipe
1413:Portuguesa
1375:Los Teques
1290:San Carlos
1223:Anzoátegui
429:Venezuelan
320:Population
296:Government
220:62°04′05″W
217:09°03′33″N
74:newspapers
63:"Tucupita"
1480:Maracaibo
1458:La Guaira
1218:Barcelona
1173:Venezuela
1053:does not
967:does not
439:Geography
431:state of
380:Area code
353:Time zone
312:Elevation
258:Venezuela
31:does not
1522:Tucupita
1452:Trujillo
1447:Trujillo
1301:Tucupita
1284:Carabobo
1279:Valencia
1212:Amazonas
948:Religion
892:Average
887:(83.42)
862:(11.61)
857:(16.74)
852:(18.64)
416:Tucupita
282:Tucupita
198:Tucupita
133:Tucupita
1474:Yaracuy
1441:Táchira
1408:Guanare
1391:Monagas
1386:Maturín
1380:Miranda
1341:Guárico
1313:Caracas
1295:Cojedes
1267:Bolívar
1256:Barinas
1251:Barinas
1240:Maracay
1182:Capital
1074:removed
1059:sources
1034:Tourism
988:removed
973:sources
885:2,118.8
882:(2.80)
877:(5.61)
872:(4.13)
867:(8.59)
847:(7.50)
842:(2.80)
837:(0.90)
832:(1.80)
827:(2.30)
817:(60.8)
812:(61.7)
807:(60.8)
802:(63.5)
797:(61.7)
792:(62.6)
787:(60.8)
782:(64.4)
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767:(62.6)
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737:(73.0)
732:(73.9)
727:(75.0)
722:(74.5)
717:(75.4)
712:(76.1)
707:(77.4)
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697:(75.9)
692:(72.9)
687:(72.0)
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672:(89.2)
667:(90.3)
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617:(88.7)
607:(95.0)
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562:(95.9)
557:(95.0)
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547:(95.9)
467:Climate
401:Website
390:Climate
343:Demonym
288:Founded
246:Country
88:scholar
52:removed
37:sources
1463:Vargas
1425:Cumaná
1369:Mérida
1364:Mérida
1330:Falcón
1245:Aragua
498:Month
477:Köppen
328:86,487
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1430:Sucre
1234:Apure
1187:state
1169:State
1121:Warao
935:75.0
932:73.7
929:74.6
926:73.9
923:76.0
920:78.1
917:79.4
914:79.2
911:76.8
908:72.5
905:70.8
902:71.6
899:73.4
875:142.4
870:104.9
865:218.3
860:294.9
855:425.2
850:473.4
845:190.5
537:Year
448:delta
358:UTC−4
303:Mayor
265:State
95:JSTOR
81:books
1502:Bold
1358:Lara
1057:any
1055:cite
971:any
969:cite
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840:71.1
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830:45.7
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745:22.1
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735:22.8
730:23.3
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720:23.6
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710:24.5
705:25.2
700:24.9
695:24.4
690:22.7
685:22.2
675:30.9
670:31.8
665:32.4
660:32.2
655:31.9
650:31.4
645:32.0
640:31.7
635:32.6
630:33.8
625:32.3
620:31.9
615:31.5
605:35.0
600:35.0
595:35.5
590:36.0
585:36.5
580:37.0
575:36.0
570:36.5
565:36.0
560:35.5
555:35.0
550:35.5
545:35.5
534:Dec
531:Nov
528:Oct
525:Sep
522:Aug
519:Jul
516:Jun
513:May
510:Apr
507:Mar
504:Feb
501:Jan
384:0287
373:6401
291:1848
170:Seal
160:Flag
67:news
35:any
33:cite
1068:by
1020:see
982:by
362:VET
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