Country Venezuela Time zone VST (UTC-04:30) Local time Friday 12:27 AM | State Zulia Founded 18 November 1841 Municipality Machiques De Perija | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind N at 18 km/h, 67% Humidity | ||
Machiques is a city in Zulia State, Venezuela, located in the northwest portion of the country. It is close to the border with Colombia, and the area's main economic activity is cattle raising. On 16 August 2005 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, en route from Panama City to Fort-de-France, stalled and crashed in a mountainous area of the municipality, killing all 160 people on board.
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Map of Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela
Transport
It is proposed that the city receive a railway station on the new national railway network.
References
Machiques Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA