Machiques
Machiques | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Banner  Seal | |
 Machiques shown athin the state o Zulia | |
  Machiques Machiques shown athin the state o Zulia | |
| Coordinates: 10°04′N 72°34′W / 10.067°N 72.567°W | |
| Kintra |  Venezuela |
| State | Zulia |
| Municipality | Machiques |
| Foondit | 8 November 1841 |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Urban | 150,000 |
| Time zone | UTC-04:30 (VST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:30 (not observed) |
Machiques is a ceety in Zulia, Venezuela, locatit in the northwast portion o the kintra. It is close tae the mairch wi Colombie, an the aurie's main economic activity is cattle raisin. On 16 August 2005 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, en route frae Panama Ceety tae Fort-de-France, stawd an crashed in a muntainous aurie o the municipality, killin aw 160 fowk on buird.[2]
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmetro - ↑ Hradecky, Simon (5 September 2010). "Report:West Caribbean MD82 at Machiquez on Aug 16th 2005, Did Not Recover from High Altitude Stall". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 3 Apryle 2012.