Punta Cardón
Town in Falcón, Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punta Cardón is a town and parish in the Carirubana autonomous municipality of Falcón state, Venezuela.
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Coordinates: 11.6508°N 70.2156°W / 11.6508; -70.2156 | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Falcón |
Municipality | Carirubana |
Time zone | UTC -4:30 |
Postal code | 4154 |
Climate | BWh |
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The town was once a poor fishing community on the Gulf of Coro on the northwest coast of Venezuela. Since the mid-1940s the community has become surrounded by the Paraguana- oil-refining complex, which today is run by PDVSA, the state oil company.[1] The Spanish architect José Lino Vaamonde built the Club Manaure in Punta Cardón (1953) for Shell Venezuela.[2]