La Esmeralda, Venezuela

La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda
Coordinates: 3°10′26″N 65°32′48″W / 3.17389°N 65.54667°WCoordinates: 3°10′26″N 65°32′48″W / 3.17389°N 65.54667°W
Country  Venezuela
State Amazonas State
Municipality Alto Orinoco Municipality
Founded 1758
Elevation 225 m (738 ft)
Time zone VST
Orinoco river crossing La Esmeralda

La Esmeralda is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.

The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.

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    La Esmeralda Mercal