Cabimas

Cabimas
/kah vee"mahs/, n.
a city in NW Venezuela, on the E coast of Lake Maracaibo. 122,239.

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      city, northeastern Zulia estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. It lies on the northeastern shore of Lake Maracaibo and is an important centre for the Ambrosio oil fields. Just to the south of the city is La Salina refinery. Cabimas is linked by highway to other oil centres on the lakeshore and, via the General Urdaneta Bridge, to Maracaibo, 20 miles (30 km) to the northwest across the lake. Pop. (2001) 210,000.

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