La Esmeralda
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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
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The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.
La Esmeralda is located at 3°10′26"N 65°32′48"W.
Alto Orinoco Municipality
The Alto Orinoco Municipality is one of the seven municipalities that make up the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 17,797...
in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco
Orinoco
The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3% of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia...
river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal
Casiquiare canal
The Casiquiare river is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the largest river on the planet that links two major river systems, a...
bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
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The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.
La Esmeralda is located at 3°10′26"N 65°32′48"W.