Puerto Ayacucho is the capital and largest city of Amazonas state in Venezuela. Puerto Ayacucho is located across the Orinoco River from the Colombian village of Casuarito. In 1997 its population was approximately 70,000. Estado Amazonas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The city was founded to facilate the transport of goods past the rapids on the Orinoco River in the late 19th century (mostly rubber). Now the economy is supported by both national and international tourism. Also based here is the Venezuelan army and navy, conducting a continuous low level campaign against incursions and drug-runners from nearby Colombia. The climate is equatorial and the surrounding rainforests are some of the worlds least explored and most untouched. The nearby forested mountains (Tepuis) contain some the worlds least investigated micro systems. This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants though can be produced synthetically. ... More than 3 million tourists visited the Taj Mahal in Agra, India in 2004. ... This article is about the rainforest in general. ... The Tepuis are table-like mountains found only in the Guiana highlands. ...

Two hundred km to the south is one of the natural world's great wonders, the Brazo Casaquiary, a waterway that links South America's two greatest river systems, the Amazon and the Orinoco. This was discovered by Humboldt in the nineteenth century; nowadays tourists can organise a trip along it from Puerto Ayacucho. The water in this link can flow into the Rio Negro, tributary of the Amazon, or the Orinoco depending on where it's raining at the time! A satellite image of the mouth of the Amazon River, looking south The Amazon River (occasionally River Amazon; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) of South America is one of the two longest rivers on Earth, the other being the Nile in Africa. ... With a length of 2,410 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America, its drainage basin, known as Orinoquia is 880,000 km², 23. ... // Humboldt can refer to: Alexander von Humboldt, a German natural scientist Wilhelm von Humboldt (his brother), a linguist, philosopher, and diplomat Or any of the many things named for them: Named for Alexander von Humboldt Places in California, U.S. Humboldt Bay in California Humboldt County, California Humboldt Hill Humboldt... The Negro (Spanish: black) River, the great northern tributary of the Amazon River and the largest blackwater river in the world, has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiquiare canal. ...

90Km to the East is the second highest waterfall in Venezuela, the 2,200ft Yutaje falls. Nearby is the Yutaje Tourist Lodge with its own airstrip in the jungle. Walks and river trips can be undertaken from here in the nearby selva. Of note is the large population of greenwing macaws, ara chloroptera. There are also jaguars, pink river dolphins, numerous monkeys and other bird life. Binomial name Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) Jaguars (Panthera onca) are large members of the cat family native to South and Central America. ... Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821) A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ...

The inhabitants are mostly criollos – mixed indigenous and Spanish blood. There are a number of local indigenous tribes including the Yanomami, the Bari, Piaroa, and Guajibo (also known as jibis). Puerto Ayacucho has a small airport and has good bus connections to San Félix and Ciudad Bolívar. There is little traffic on the river these days. There is a range of medium and low cost hotels. While the city itself is not generally considered attractive, most visitors agree that the surrounding country is magnificent. yooooooooooooooo In Colombia, the Spanish word criollo (cognate of English Creole) designates the national ethnic group consisting of people with mixed Spanish and Amerind ancestry. ... Brazilian Indian chiefs The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as established in their respective articles. ... The Yanomami (also spelled Yanomamö and sometimes written with an ogonek under the first a as YÄ…nomamö; sometimes also Ianomami) are an indigenous people of Brazil and Venezuela. ... Map Of Desventuradas Islands (Chile) Map Of Chile The Desventuradas Islands (Unfortunate Islands) are relatively small oceanic islands, located approximately 850 km off the coast of Chile, part of Valparaíso region. ... Sketch of Ciudad Bolívar, 1867 Ciudad Bolívar is the capital of the eastern Venezuelan state of Bolívar. ...