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El Pantanillo Destination Guide

Discover El Pantanillo in Venezuela

El Pantanillo in the region of Mérida is a town located in Venezuela - some 331 mi or ( 532 km ) South-West of Caracas , the country's capital .

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Local time in El Pantanillo is now 10:03 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Caracas " with a UTC offset of -4.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Valera, Valencia, San Miguel, San Jose, and San Cristóbal. When in this area, you might want to check out Valera . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in El Pantanillo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Pico El Toro

Pico El Toro is a mountain in the Andes of Venezuela. It has a height of 4755 metres.

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Located at 8.35 -71.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Mountains of Venezuela

Campo Elías Municipality

The Campo Elías Municipality is one of the 23 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 100,192. The town of Ejido is the shire town of the Campo Elías Municipality.

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Located at 8.33 -71.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Mérida (state)

Mérida cable car

The Mérida Cable Car (Spanish: Teleférico de Mérida) was the world's highest cable car. Its base is located in the Venezuelan city of Mérida at an altitude of 1,640 metres, and its terminus is on Pico Espejo, at 4,765 metres . The whole system was opened to the public in 1960; it was closed indefinitely in 2008, with a declaration that it had reached the end of its service life and is being rebuilt. The Mérida cable car is the highest and largest cable car in the world.

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Located at 8.53 -71.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Aerial tramways in Venezuela, Transport in Venezuela

Pico Espejo

Pico Espejo is a mountain in the Andes of Venezuela. It has a height of 4,880 metres.

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Located at 8.53 -71.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Mountains of Venezuela

Catatumbo lightning

The Catatumbo Lightning (Spanish Relámpago del Catatumbo) is an atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela. It occurs strictly in an area located over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo. The frequent, powerful flashes of lightning over this relatively small area are considered to be the world's largest single generator of tropospheric ozone, that is, ozone that does not replenish the stratospheric ozone layer.

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Located at 8.50 -71.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 30 km away
Tags: Anomalous weather, Geography of Venezuela, Lightning, Zulia