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Zulia is in the noroccidental end of the country. It limits the
north with the Caribbean Sea, the east with the states Falcon, Lara and
Trujillo, to the south with the states Mérida and Táchira and to the west with
the Republic of Colombia.
It is possible to say that the lake of Maracaibo was the
beginning of everything what today it is known as Zulia, when it was discovered
by captain Alonso de Ojeda the 24 of August of 1499. Although the Natives called
Lake of Coquivacoa, Ojeda baptized it like Lake of San Bartholomew, for the day
in which she was discovered.
At the beginning of century XVI, the the region was
inhabited by emigrants descending from the indigenous communities of
Arawak and the Caribe origin , arrived at the place throughout 11,000
years.
In 1529 the first foundation of the city of Maracaibo took
place, when Ambrosio Alfinger made construct to lodgings for the women and
children of its expedition. The village was abandoned aftre the death of
Alfinger, but in 1571 it founded again by Alonso Pacheco, who gave it the name
of Ciudad Rodrigo. Abandoned once again , the settlement was founded once again
by Pedro Maldonado in 1574, this time with the name of Nueva Zamora, with
functions of lake and marine port.
This settlement remained, although its development began during
the following century, when it became the forced crossroad place for the colonos
that went to populate the borders with the lake. Its prosperity attracted the
French, English and Dutch pirates who operated in the Caribbean .
In 1676 Maracaibo was added to the Province of Mérida of the
Spirit Santo of the Grita.
Maracaibo proclaimed Independent State of Spain, the 28 of
January of 1821, and soon it was united to the Republic of Colombia. The name of
Zulia was used for the first time in the political nomenclature with the
division of the Republic in 1824, forming the Zulia Department, integrated by
the province of Maracaibo, with capital in Maracaibo and the provinces of Coro,
Mérida and Trujillo.
On January 11 of 1830, it became part of the Republic of
Venezuela, with the desintegration of the Republic of Colombia. In 1864 it
became a state. In 1867 Mérida and Táchira are integrated to it.
By the end of the century Zulia and Falcón form a
single entity: Falcon. When it is dissolved, the Zulia state is formed.
It is divided in seventeen municipalities and one hundred six
parishes
Maracaibo did not participate in active way in the
fights by the Independence of Venezuela and Colombia. Until 1917 it was
a small port dedicated to the export of coffee from Venezuelan and
Colombian Andes. In that year, the discovery of petroleum deposits in
its territory was the origin of its later growth extraordinary,
into which it would become a great harbor center.
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BABEL FISH 
Local Civil
Registry Offices
Gobernación
Calle 95
Frente a la Plaza Bolívar
Maracaibo
Teléfono: +58-61-22.5428 / 5593
FAX: +58-61-22.8778
Registros Civiles
Locales
Registro Principal del Estado
Av. 3, Nº 97-63
Edf Hagar (al lado de AVENSA)
Maracaibo
Teléfono: +58-61-77.1664
Jefaturas Civiles
Antonio Borjas Romero
Detrás de la Curva de Molino
Vía Concepción
+58-61-53.3872
Bolívar
Av. Obispo Lazo con Calle 95
Maracaibo, Zulia
+58-61-22.5864
Marcial Hernández
Av. Principal Francisco Ochoa
Barrio Sur América
(no tiene teléfono)
Idelfonso Vásquez
Calle 38 con Av. 42
Vía Cleisitos
+58-61-54.0179
Prefecturas
Jesús María
Calle Bolívar, al lado de la Comandancia de la policía
+58-75-34.304
San Francisco
Av. Principal de San Francisco, Diag. Iglesia Padre Vilches
+58-61-61.1350
Chiquinquirá
Av. 13 con Calle 96, Diagonal a la Basílica
+58-61-22.5170
Oligario Villalobos
Avenida 4, Bella Vista, frente Plaza 19 de Abril
+58-61-41.5614
Cecilio Acosta
Av. Principal con Calle 96, Diag. Liceo José Vicente Lecuna, Barrio La
Pastora
+58-61-86.9993
San Francisco
Av. Principal de San Francisco
+58-61-61.6429
Venancio Pulgar
Av. 79, Barrio Libertador
+58-61-56.4014
Raúl Leoni
Calle Cunano
+58-61-55.8054
Ciudad Ojeda
Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia
+58-65-26.553
San José
San José de Perijá, Zulia
+58-63-62.130
Distrito Perijá
San José de Perijá, Zulia
+58-63-62130
Municipio San José
San José de Perijá, Zulia
+58-63-62130
Distrito Bolívar
Santa Rita, Zulia
+58-64-97.241
Church Parish Archives
The Catholic Church celebrates with joy the
Centenary of the Diocese of the Zulia, which was erected on July 28
of 1897 by Pope Leon XII by means of the apostolic letters "
Supremum Catholicam Ecclesiam ". That Diocese, that is a
continuation of the Arquidiócesis de Maracaibo has been first of
other three ecclesiastical circumscriptions: two of them totally
from Zulia, the Vatican of Machiques and the Diocese of Cabimas, and
third, partially, the Diocese of El Vigia - San Carlos of Zulia. Its
history began the 8 of September of 1529. That day the priest JUAN
RODRIGUEZ ROBLEDO stepped on zulian land, with the Asombrio Alfinger
expedition . The Eucharistic Celebration marked the beginning of the
Church in that land to be latter known as Zulia.
La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días
Calle Vargas con Calle Bermúdez
a 1/2 cuadra de CANTV
Cuidad Ojeda, Zulia
La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días
Calle 73 con Av. 16-A, #106
Las Delicias, Maracaibo, Zulia
Read the name of the municipalities
and counties in this state by clicking HERE.
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LOPEZ RIVERO, RAUL TOMAS.
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GOBERNADORES DE MARACAIBO HASTA 1758.
MARACAIBO. IMPRENTA DEL ESTADO, 1965. (CENTRO HISTORICO DEL ZULIA,
NO. 4
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AGUSTIN MILLARES CARLO
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MARACAIBO. ARCHIVO DEL CONCEJO. EXPEDIENTES DIVERSOS,
I-II. PROLOGO, INDICE Y EXTRACTOS POR AGUSTIN MILLARES CARLO.
MARACAIBO. CENTRO DE HISTORIA DEL ESTADO ZULIA, 1968.
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BESSON, JUAN
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HISTORIA DEL ESTADO ZULIA. MARACAIBO.
EDICIONES HERMANOS BELLOSO ROSSELL, 1943-1949, 5 VOLS.
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National Archives and
Libraries
Avenida Urdaneta, Esquinas Santa Capilla y Carmelitas
No-15
Telfs: +58-212-862.99.07
Fax: +58-212-861.60.64
Caracas - Venezuela
Apartado Postal 1010 -A
E-mail: archiven@reacciun.ve
Final Av. Panteón Foro Libertador, Edificio Sede
Parroquia Altagracia,
Caracas 1010 - Venezuela
Teléfono: +58-212-505.91.25
Fax: +58-212-505.91.24
State and
Provincial Archives
Calle 96, nº 6-28
Maracaibo, Estado Zulia
Calle Carabobo, en el casco central de Maracaibo.
Teléfono: (061) 223090
Public and
University Libraries
Cemeteries
Jardines del Rosario
Calle El Rosario c/c Dolores
Cabimas, Zulia
+58-64-42.101 / 126
El Edén Parque Memorial
Av. 9B #89A-45
Sector Veritas
Maracaibo, Zulia
+58-61-22.4902 / 4835
Jardín La Chinita
Urb. Las Delicias,
Maracaibo, Zulia
+58-61-52.6122
San José
Av. 5 de Julio
Maracaibo
+58-61-51.1861
Cuadrado
Av. Principal
Las Delicias, Maracaibo
+58-61-22.4026
Corazón de Jesús
Av. 28
La Limpia
+58-61-22.6319
Cementerio Municipal de Casigua,
El Cubo,
Estado Zulia
Obituaries
Biographies
Rafael
Urdaneta, Rafael
Urdaneta, Rafael
Urdaneta Rafael
Belloso Chacín, Felipe
Baptista, Abraham
Belloso, Anselmo
Belloso, David
Belloso Rossell, Manuel
María Bermúdez Avila, Juan
Bautista Besson Lalinde, Angel
Francisco Brice, Francisco
Eugenio Bustamante, José
Antonio Butrón Olivares, JORGE
SERRANO FUENMAYOR, Manuel
Morán, Francisco J.
Duarte, Fermín Arturo
Alezard Bastidas
Genealogies
El
Primer Lalinde Venezolano: Pedro Pablo
Los
Pinedo en Venezuela
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