Punto Fijo
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For the Pact, see Punto Fijo Pact.
Punto Fijo is the biggest city in the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela. It is also seat of one of South America's largest refinery complex.
Punto Fijo is located in Paraguaná, on the northern shores of the Venezuelan state of Falcón. The city is government seat of the municipality of Carirubana, with a population well over 200,000.
[edit] History
Punto Fijo was founded in the early 1950s, on the outskirts of two refinery operations established by Standard Oil and Shell during the 1940s.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Spanish)"Paraguaná: la península de la amistad" by Rafael Aranguren, Venezuela Analítica, retrieved November 3, 2005.
- (Spanish)"Pacto de Punto Fijo" by Bitblioteca, Venezuela Analítica, retrieved November 3, 2005.
