Maracaibo est l'une des 21 municipalités de l'État de Zulia au Venezuela. Son chef-lieu est Maracaibo, capitale de l'État et deuxième agglomération du Venezuela. En 2011, la population s'élève à 1 459 448 habitants.
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Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande is a multi-use stadium in Maracaibo, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and serves as the home of Águilas del Zulia. The stadium holds 23,900 people and opened in 1963. It also hosted the 1986 Caribbean Series. It is named after longtime Maracaibo shortstop Luis Aparicio, Sr., the father of Luis Aparicio.
Gloria Estefan performed at the stadium on 7 March 1992 during her Into The Light World Tour.
The American boy band Backstreet Boys performed at the stadium on 9 May 2001 during Black & Blue Tour.
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Estadio José Encarnación "Pachencho" Romero is a sports stadium in Maracaibo, capital of the Zulia state, in Venezuela. The stadium holds 40,800 spectators. The pitch was originally surrounded by both a running track and a scorched concrete cycling track, the latter being replaced with new stands due to the celebration of Copa América 2007.
The building is regarded as national cultural heritage of the Zulia state. And their maintenance responsibility Case runs idem, Foundation attached to the Mayoralty Maracaibo. It was built because of the Bolivarian Sports Games of 1971 and remodeled on the occasion of the Games Central American and Caribbean Maracaibo 1998 in which the national team won a gold medal at the selection of Mexico. His name is in honor of a prominent athlete Zulia dedicated to athletics.
It was one of 9 locations in the Copa América Venezuela 2007 being the headquarters of the Grand Final, where they conducted a classic South American football selections found Argentina and Brazil, where the latter was entitled to defend his champion title Perú 2004.
On 2 July 2007 when he was still in development in the country's Copa América, the President of CONMEBOL Dr. Nicolás Leoz, announced that the Pachencho Romero stadium would host the World Cup Under-15 category 2008.
This stadium is one of many who belong to a conglomerate of several sports stadiums known as Polideportivo Luis Aparicio Jr. where others are also among the Luis Aparicio el Grande and Peter Elías Belisario Aponte Gymnasium.
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Gonzaga College is a coeducational, Jesuit school, primary through high school, presently situated in Barrio San Jose in Maracaibo, Venezuela. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1945.
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Maracaibo Province was a historical region of Venezuela that corresponds roughtly to the actual Zulia State.
The eighteenth century geographer Antonio de Alcedo mentions Maracaibo as one of the cities of the Venezuela Province, a jurisdiction of the vice-royalty of New Grenade.
In 1777, the Crown of Castile reforms its American territories among which that of the contemporary Venezuela. The creation of the Capitania General of Venezuela englobes Cumana, Maracaibo, Guayana, Trinidad and Margarita that is an important portion of the Caribbean region of the vice-royalty of New Grenade.
In 1812, in the Cortes de Cadiz, the province of Maracaibo is represented by José Domingo de las Nieves Rus y Ortega de Azarraullía. Later on, the jurisdiction will be renamed Zulia Department until 1830 when it integrates de bolivarian Gran Colombia.
In 1864 the area was named Maracaibo State, which shortly after was renamed to Sovereign State of Zulia and in 1874 Zulia State.
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Maracaibo Province or Maracaybo Province from 1676 to 1824 was a province of the Spanish Empire. It resulted from a merger of the former Province of Mérida with the territory of Maracaibo.
In 1777 Captaincy General of Venezuela was created and the province was part of it.
In 1786 Barinas Province was created from western parts of Maracaibo.
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La municipalité est constituée de dix-huit paroisses civiles avec chacune à sa tête une capitale (entre parenthèses) :
Antonio Borjas Romero (Maracaibo) ; Bolívar (Maracaibo) ; Cacique Mara (Maracaibo) ; Carracciolo Parra Pérez (Maracaibo) ; Cecilio Acosta (Maracaibo) ; Cristo de Aranza (Maracaibo) ; Coquivacoa (Maracaibo) ; Chiquinquirá (Maracaibo) ; Francisco Eugenio Bustamante (Maracaibo) ; Idelfonzo Vásquez (Maracaibo) ; Juana de Ávila (Maracaibo) ; Luis Hurtado Higuera (Maracaibo) ; Manuel Dagnino (Maracaibo) ; Olegario Villalobos (Maracaibo) ; Raúl Leoni (Maracaibo) ; Santa Lucia (Maracaibo) ; Venancio Pulgar (Maracaibo) ; San Isidro (San Isidro).
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