PUNTO FIJO

'Punto Fijo' is the biggest city in the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela. It is also seat 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.

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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. It has an estimated population of 270,000 (est. 2002 census) mostly in the urban center.

See also

★ Geography of Venezuela

External links

★ "Paraguaná: la península de la amistad" by Rafael Aranguren, ''Venezuela Analítica'', retrieved November 3, 2005.

★ "Pacto de Punto Fijo" by Bitblioteca, ''Venezuela Analítica'', retrieved November 3, 2005.