Los Roques
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| archipelago | Leeward Islands | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 52 ′ N , 66 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 67 | |
| Main island | Gran Roque | |
| Total land area | 40.049 km² | |
| Residents | 1471 (2011-10-30) | |
Los Roques (Spanish Archipiélago Los Roques ) is an archipelago about 170 km north of Caracas in the Caribbean Sea and part of the Venezuelan Dependencias Federales (federal territories).
Discovery story
The archipelago has appeared on Spanish maps since 1529, and from 1589 it was officially part of the viceroyalty of New Spain .
geography
The archipelago officially consists of 67 islands with areas from 0.1 to 1521 hectares . and forms the National Park Parque Nacional Archipiélago de Los Roques .
The main island of Gran Roque is the fifth largest island in terms of area with 182.2 hectares. It is the only inhabited island, with a population of 1471 as of the October 30th 2011 census. Ten years earlier, the population was 1143. The barrier reef that surrounds the archipelago is one of the largest in the world. The coral reef is home to countless marine animals (duck, puffer and trumpet fish , mollusks and corals , lobsters , sponges , sea urchins etc.) and birds ( pelicans , herons , frigate birds etc.). In past centuries the islands served as hiding places for pirates who stopped here and hid their frigates .
On the island of Gran Roque is the airport of the archipelago with an asphalt runway (1000 mx 26 m)
photos
Aerial view of Gran Roque
Gran Roque
Village on Gran Roque
Web links
- Pictures 2007 (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: División Político Territorial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela 2013 con fines estadísticos , p. 170
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Resultados por Entidad Federal y Municipio del Dependencias Federales , p. 11
