The Macanao Peninsula is a geographic peninsula landform, that forms the western end of the Isla Margarita in the Caribbean Sea , in northern Venezuela.
22-592: It is also a Venezuelan municipality , the Municipality of Macanao Peninsula ( Municipio Península de Macanao ), in the state of Nueva Esparta . The municipal seat is Boca de Río . The peninsula is connected to the rest of Isla Margarita by a thin strip of land in Laguna de la Restinga National Park. Sixty years ago, it was an island. The peninsula has an area of 330 square kilometres (130 sq mi), rising from sea level to 745 metres (2,444 ft) at
44-6559: A metropolitan area; the rest of the city is covered by four adjacent municipalities in Miranda state: Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre ) Amazonas [ edit ] Alto Orinoco ( La Esmeralda ) Atabapo ( San Fernando de Atabapo ) Atures ( Puerto Ayacucho ) Autana ( Isla Ratón ) Manapiare ( San Juan de Manapiare ) Maroa ( Maroa ) Río Negro ( San Carlos de Río Negro ) Anzoátegui [ edit ] Anaco ( Anaco ) Aragua ( Aragua de Barcelona ) Diego Bautista Urbaneja ( Lechería ) Fernando de Peñalver ( Puerto Píritu ) Francisco del Carmen Carvajal ( Valle de Guanape ) Francisco de Miranda ( Pariaguán ) Guanta ( Guanta ) Independencia ( Soledad ) José Gregorio Monagas ( Mapire ) Juan Antonio Sotillo ( Puerto la Cruz ) Juan Manuel Cajigal ( Onoto ) Libertad ( San Mateo ) Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual ( Clarines ) Pedro María Freites ( Cantaura ) Píritu ( Píritu ) San José de Guanipa ( San José de Guanipa / El Tigrito ) San Juan de Capistrano ( Boca de Uchire ) Santa Ana ( Santa Ana ) Simón Bolívar ( 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66-399: Is highest on the northern side. Macanao Peninsula is relatively newly formed. In the northern part of the peninsula, littoral deposits from the early Pleistocene form a terrace 30 metres (98 ft) high made of a sandy marl 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) that contains the bivalves Lyropecten arnoldi . In the south, a littoral terrace 18 to 21 metres (59 to 69 ft) high dates to
88-399: Is on Wikidata Blue-crowned parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata Psittacara acuticaudatus The blue-crowned parakeet , blue-crowned conure , or sharp-tailed conure ( Thectocercus acuticaudatus ) is a small green Neotropical parrot with a blue head and pale beak native to large parts of South America , from eastern Colombia to Curacao in the southern caribbean, and to
110-400: Is particularly arid and dry. In the 1950s, the mountains in the central range were forested up to about 650 metres (2,130 ft). Vegetation today is mainly open cactus-chaparral, with deciduous forests in the seasonal riverbeds. The mean average temperature is 27 °C (81 °F), and mean annual rainfall is 500 millimetres (20 in). Trade winds blow from the northeast, so rainfall
132-609: Is the largest of the Venezuelan Caribbean islands, and the most biologically diverse. The only protected area is a small part of Laguna de La Restinga National Park. The proposed Macanao Wildlife Reserve, containing the Chacaracual Community Conservation Area (CCCA), may provide better protection. Conservation threats include high levels of illegal hunting and trafficking of wildlife and plants, and open cast mining. The peninsula
154-447: Is the only home of the endangered yellow-shouldered amazon parrot, and is also home to the blue-crowned parakeet . The seasonal watercourses, or quebradas , are the main nesting and feeding grounds for the yellow-shouldered amazon. They are being mined for sand and gravel to be used in construction, and in some areas the parrot is hunted, considered a pest that robs jocote orchards. Municipalities of Venezuela From Misplaced Pages,
176-595: The States of Venezuela . There are 335 municipalities dividing the 23 states and the Capital District . [REDACTED] The 335 municipalities in Venezuela (Esequibo not included) Municipalities and their seats by federal entity [ edit ] Capital District [ edit ] Libertador Bolivarian Municipality ( Caracas Libertador covers about half of the city of Caracas, officially
198-422: The body while extended wings show blue-brown, becoming chestnut on the outer flight feathers. The tail feathers are green on top, maroon to red-brown on the underside, iridescing to bright orange and scarlet under full-spectrum light. Legs are pink-brown with grey-brown claws. The upper mandible is horn-colored, tapering to a needle-sharp, grey-black tip. In the southern and western nominate and subspecies neumanni ,
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242-442: The head, but blue-crowns are predominantly green, with dull blue coloring on the forehead, crown, cheeks, and ears in the nominate , but less blue in other subspecies . It has a ring of white featherless skin around each eye, though this is bright orange-yellow in wild T. acuticaudata neumanni . The breast feathers may also be tinged with blue, though they are more commonly green to yellow-green. Closed wing coloring matches that of
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#1732790122749264-410: The lower mandible is horn-colored in juveniles, fading to grey-black by the bird's second year. The remaining eastern, central and northern subspecies retain the horn-colored lower mandible throughout adulthood. The blue-crowned parakeet's nest is a hole in a tree. The eggs are white and there are usually three to four in a clutch. The female incubates the eggs for 26 days, and the chicks fledge from
286-620: The metropolitan area of Caracas Brión ( Higuerote ) Buroz ( Mamporal ) Carrizal ( Carrizal ) Chacao ( Chacao ), part of the metropolitan area of Caracas Cristóbal Rojas ( Charallave ) El Hatillo ( El Hatillo ), part of the metropolitan area of Caracas Guaicaipuro ( Los Teques ) Independencia ( Santa Teresa del Tuy ) Lander ( Ocumare del Tuy ) Los Salias ( San Antonio de los Altos ) Páez ( Río Chico ) Paz Castillo ( Santa Lucía ) Pedro Gual ( Cúpira ) Plaza ( Guarenas ) Simón Bolívar ( San Francisco de Yare ) Sucre ( Petare ), part of
308-5779: The metropolitan area of Caracas Urdaneta ( Cúa ) Zamora ( Guatire ) Monagas [ edit ] Acosta ( San Antonio de Capayacuar ) Aguasay ( Aguasay ) Bolívar ( Caripito ) Caripe ( Caripe ) Cedeño ( Caicara de Maturín ) Ezequiel Zamora ( Punta de Mata ) Libertador ( Temblador ) Maturín ( Maturín ) Piar ( Aragua de Maturín ) Punceres ( Quiriquire ) Santa Bárbara ( Santa Bárbara ) Sotillo ( Barrancas del Orinoco ) Uracoa ( Uracoa ) Nueva Esparta [ edit ] Antolín del Campo ( Plaza Paraguachi ) Arismendi ( La Asunción ) Díaz ( San Juan Bautista ) García ( El Valle del Espíritu Santo ) Gómez ( Santa Ana ) Maneiro ( Pampatar ) Marcano ( Juan Griego ) Mariño ( Porlamar ) Macanao Peninsula ( Boca del Río ) Tubores ( Punta de Piedras ) Villalba ( San Pedro de Coche ) Portuguesa [ edit ] Agua Blanca ( Agua Blanca ) Araure ( Araure ) Esteller ( Píritu ) Guanare ( Guanare ) Guanarito ( Guanarito ) Monseñor José Vicente de Unda ( Paraíso de Chabasquén ) Ospino ( Ospino ) Páez ( Acarigua ) Papelón ( Papelon ) San Genaro de Boconoito ( Boconoito ) San Rafael de Onoto ( San Rafael de Onoto ) Santa Rosalía ( El Playón ) Sucre ( Biscucuy ) Turén ( Villa Bruzual ) Sucre [ edit ] Andrés Eloy Blanco ( Casanay ) Andrés Mata ( San José de Aerocuar ) Arismendi ( Río Caribe ) Benítez ( El Pilar ) Bermúdez ( Carúpano ) Bolívar ( Marigüitar ) Cajigal ( Yaguaraparo ) Cruz Salmerón Acosta ( Araya ) Libertador ( Tunapuy ) Mariño ( Irapa ) Mejía ( San Antonio del Golfo ) Montes ( Cumanacoa ) Ribero ( Cariaco ) Sucre ( Cumaná ) Valdez ( Güiria ) Táchira [ edit ] Andres Bello ( Cordero ) Antonio Romulo Costa ( Las Mesas ) Ayacucho ( Colon ) Bolívar ( San Antonio del Táchira ) Cardenas ( Táriba ) Cordoba ( Santa Ana del Tachira ) Fernandez Feo ( San Rafael del Piñal ) Francisco de Miranda ( San Jose de Bolivar ) Garcia de Hevia ( La Fria ) Guasimos ( Palmira ) Independencia ( Capacho Nuevo ) Jauregui ( La Grita ) Jose Maria Vargas ( El Cobre ) Junín ( Rubio ) Libertad ( Capacho Viejo ) Libertador ( Abejales ) Lobatera ( Lobatera ) Michelena ( Michelena ) Panamericano ( Coloncito ) Pedro Maria Ureña ( Ureña ) Rafael Urdaneta ( Delicias ) Samuel Dario Maldonado ( La Tendida ) San Cristobal ( San Cristóbal ) San Judas Tadeo ( Umuquena ) Seboruco ( Seboruco ) Simón Rodríguez ( San Simon ) Sucre ( Queniquea ) Torbes (San Josecito) Uribante ( Pregonero ) Trujillo [ edit ] Andrés Bello ( Santa Isabel ) Boconó ( Boconó ) Bolívar ( Sabana Grande ) Candelaria ( Chejendé ) Carache ( Carache ) Escuque ( Escuque ) José Felipe Márquez Cañizales ( El Paradero ) José Vicente Campo Elías ( Campo Elías ) La Ceiba ( Santa Apolonia ) Miranda ( El Dividive ) Monte Carmelo ( Monte Carmelo ) Motatán ( Motatán ) Pampán ( Pampán ) Pampanito (Pampanito) Rafael Rangel ( Betijoque ) San Rafael de Carvajal ( Carvajal ) Sucre ( Sabana de Mendoza ) Trujillo ( Trujillo ) Urdaneta ( La Quebrada ) Valera ( Valera ) Vargas [ edit ] Vargas ( La Guaira ) Yaracuy [ edit ] Aristides Bastidas ( San Pablo ) Bolivar ( Aroa ) Bruzual ( Chivacoa ) Cocorote ( Cocorote ) Independencia ( Independencia ) Jose Antonio Paez ( Sabana de Parra ) La Trinidad ( Boraure ) Manuel Monge ( Yumare ) Nirgua ( Nirgua ) Peña ( Yaritagua ) San Felipe ( San Felipe ) Sucre ( Guama ) Urachiche ( Urachiche ) Veroes ( Farriar ). Zulia [ edit ] Almirante Padilla ( El Toro ) Baralt ( San Timoteo, Venezuela [ es ] ) Cabimas ( Cabimas ) Catatumbo ( Encontrados ) Colón ( San Carlos del Zulia ) Francisco Javier Pulgar ( Pueblo Nuevo / El Chivo) Jesús Enrique Lossada ( La Concepción ) Jesús María Semprún ( Casigua el Cubo ) La Cañada de Urdaneta ( Concepción ) Lagunillas ( Ciudad Ojeda ) Machiques de Perijá ( Machiques ) Mara ( San Rafael del Moján ) Maracaibo ( Maracaibo ) Miranda ( Los Puertos de Altagracia ) Páez ( Sinamaica ) Rosario de Perijá ( La Villa del Rosario ) San Francisco ( San Francisco ) Santa Rita ( Santa Rita ) Simón Bolívar ( Tía Juana ) Sucre ( Bobures ) Valmore Rodríguez ( Bachaquero ) References [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Municipalities in Venezuela . v t e Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Argentina departments partidos Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Table of administrative country subdivisions by country Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Municipalities_of_Venezuela&oldid=1220916707 " Categories : Municipalities of Venezuela Lists of administrative divisions Subdivisions of Venezuela Second-level administrative divisions by country Venezuela geography-related lists Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles lacking sources from December 2009 All articles lacking sources Commons category link
330-598: The mid-Pleistocene, and calcareous clays from the Late Pleistocene form a terrace 10 to 12 metres (33 to 39 ft) high. There are many raised beaches from the Holocene . The highlands of the peninsula contain amphibolite and eclogite mafic rocks which, like tholeiitic metabasalt , are similar to the rocks found both on island arcs and on mid-ocean ridges . Admiral Garcia Álvarez de Figueroa , governor of Margarita Province between 1626 and 1630,
352-561: The nest about 52 days after hatching. Blue-crowned parakeets are generally called blue-crowned conures in aviculture . They are social birds and are relatively good talkers compared to other conures. They have become quite popular as pets, with a reputation as one of the "easier" parrots to care for. However, they are also intelligent, high-energy birds that require a lot of attention and a cage with ample room and toys. They can also be quite loud at times. Consequently, they are more appropriate companions for serious bird enthusiasts rather than
374-529: The northern region of Argentina . They inhabit savanna-like habitats, woodland and forest margins, but avoid dense humid forest such as the Amazon . This species is officially called a parakeet by the AOU and by birders , though usually called conures in aviculture . While T. acuticaudatus is the only species in the monotypic genus Thectocercus , this species has five subspecies: Previously, this species
396-500: The peak of Cerro Macanao. A ridge of high land runs along the peninsula from east to west. The main east-west crest is sharp and narrow. The mountains are smaller than in Maragarita, but are much more rugged, with many steep-sided valleys cutting through the mountain sides. The more remote beaches can only be reached via dirt roads. The climate of Margarita as a whole is hot and tropical, with little rainfall. The Macanao peninsula
418-414: The population was about 6,500, living in five hamlets. Water was delivered by barge at no charge, but with only a few liters per capita for all uses. The Macanao peninsula is sparsely populated. Tourists may take horseback rides, or visit picturesque beaches with fishing boats, such as Punta Arenas. The La Pared beach is pleasant and little used. Divers prefer Punta Arenas beach at the far west, where
440-403: The water is warmest and where giant starfish may be found. Macanao is also the best part of the island for mountain biking for those prepared to handle the intense sun. The largest town is Boca de Río, which has a marine museum, This includes the skeleton of a whale, displays of boats, fish, corals, pearls and turtles, and a shallow aquarium with catsharks and sea turtles . Isla Maragarita
462-479: Was known for his enjoyment of the trade in pearls from Cubagua and the Macanao peninsula. The Guayqueria Indians are indigenous to the island. When Alexander von Humboldt visited in 1799 he was met by eighteen Guayqueria men. He described them as "of very tall stature. They had the appearance of great muscular strength, and the colour of their skins was something between a brown and a copper colour." As of 1964,
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#1732790122749484-412: Was part of the genus Aratinga , but that genus was split in four distinct genera once various phylogenetic studies showed that the genus, as traditionally defined, was polyphyletic . The blue-crowned parakeet is a medium-sized bird measuring approximately 37 cm (14.5 in) in length and weighing between 140 and 190 g (4.9 and 6.7 oz). Blue-crowns are born with red coloring around
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