Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo

Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo (in English Eastern Coast of Maracaibo Lake) is a metropolitan area and subregion, that includes seven municipalities of Zulia state. It is 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.

Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo (Costa Oriental del Lago)
Conurbation
Ciudad Ojeda
Map of the Administrative division of Costa Oriental del Lago.
Country	Venezuela
State	Zulia
Largest Cities	Cabimas Ciudad Ojeda
Area
• Metro	8,251 km2 (3,186 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Conurbation	758,957
• Metro	910,752
• Metro density	110.38/km2 (285.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4:30 (VST)

Cities

It is a densely populated area covering approximately one third of the population of Zulia state (almost one million), with 2 large cities and numerous towns and villages. The principal cities of the area are:^[1]

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

1. Cabimas (pop. 280,171)^[2]
2. Ciudad Ojeda (pop. 152,890)^[3]
3. Mene Grande (pop. 61,960)^[4]
4. Los Puertos de Altagracia (pop. approx. 56,210)^[5]
5. Lagunillas (pop. 53,717)^[6]
6. Bachaquero (pop. 48,402)^[7]
7. Santa Rita (pop. 30,777)
8. El Danto (pop. 30,022)
9. Tía Juana (pop. 24,775)^[8]
10. Sabaneta de Palmas (pop. 20,033)^[9]

Municipalities

The 7 municipalities of the area are:

Municipality	Area (km2)[10]	Population 2013 [1]	Population density 2013 (/km2)
Miranda	1966	101,248	51.49
Santa Rita	505	54,748	108.41
Cabimas	604	299,108	495.21
Simón Bolívar	258	47,535	184.24
Lagunillas	975	245,283	251.57
Valmore Rodriguez	1127	64,918	57.65
Baralt	2816	97.912	34.76
Costa Oriental del Lago	8251	910,752	110.38

See also

• List of metropolitan areas of Venezuela