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Venezuelans from Lara State (Reloaded)
I made a thread about Lara state long ago, but it went ruined because many pics I posted in there got vanished, so I have to remake it again, like I have had to do with most other states...
Location of Lara state within the Venezuelan territory:
Politic map of the different municipalities of the state, so that those of you who want to know the exact location of pics and videos could look them up (the western areas marked with diagonal gray lines are areas in dispute with the neighboring states of Falcon, Zulia and Trujillo, and there is also a small area in dispute with Portuguesa in the very south that isn't shown in this map):
Relief map of the state showing details of roads, cities, towns, and differences in altitude. The green parts are the lowest parts of the state, while the orange areas are higher, and yellow areas have intermediate altitude. It also shows the areas in dispute with the neighboring states of Falcon, Zulia, Trujillo and Portuguesa:
Another relief map of the state showing the relief of the state more in perspective with the geography of the neighboring states: The mountains south of the state are the latest outskirts of the Andean range (in this case the Merida mountain range, which is the Venezuelan continuation of the cordillera oriental coming from Colombia), while the northern mountains are part of the Corian system (sistema coriano) which is a mountainous formation mostly shared by Lara and Falcon, and to a less extent Yaracuy and Zulia:
State Flag:
State coat of Arms:
Lara state, with a surface area of 19,800 square kilometers (almost the size of Israel), has roughly a bit more than 2,000,000 inhabitants according to the last census (2015). Barquisimeto (930,000 inhabitants, average altitude 640 meters above sea level), its capital, is the fourth Venezuelan largest city. The state took its name after the independence leader Jacinto Lara, who was from Carora, in current Lara state.
It limits to the north with Falcon state, to the south with Portuguesa and Trujillo, to the east with Yaracuy, to the southeast with Cojedes, and to the west with Zulia.
Most of the state topography consists on high plains and broken hills with a relatively hot and dry climate. The south and southwest of the state is dominated by the last foothills of the Andes, including the highest altitude in the state, the Cendé Paramo at 3,585 m above sea level. To the center of the state, there are the depressions of Carora (mostly colored in green on the first relief map) and Barquisimeto (mostly colored in yellow, on the first relief map). The Carora depression (in the west) is at an average altitude of 400 meters above sea level, while the "depression" in the east (I would consider it more like a high plain than as a depression, but is sometimes referred as depression for being obviously lower than the Andes in the south and the corian system in the north) where Barquisimeto, Quibor, Duaca, and other cities and towns are located, is at an average altitude of 700 meters above sea level. The Barquisimeto high plateau is excellent for human settlement, commerce and communication, while the Turbio River valley (south east of Barquisimeto, where the sattelite city of Cabudare is located) provides soils suitable for intense agriculture. North of the depressions of Carora and Barquisimeto, begins the mountanious system known as the Corian system (which I already mentioned in the thread of Falcon state), which extends mostly through northern Lara, Falcon, and to a less extent West/North western Yaracuy (sierra de Aroa) and the easternmost parts of Zulia state.
As a side note, Barquisimeto (the state capital) is in the foothills of the last northern outskirts of the Andean mountain range. The city is located right where the Andes begin. From here (south of Barquisimeto) the Andes begin their long journey down south up to the Patagonia and Tierra de Fuego.
Landscapes from this state on next post, and school/high school pics on the following posts. Thread opened...
Originally Posted by Profileid
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