Santa Bárbara del Zulia is a city of some 80,000 inhabitants in Zulia State in Venezuela. It is located to the south-west of Maracaibo Lake, in the Sur del Lago region of the state. Governor and presidential candidate Manuel Rosales was born in this city on December 12, 1952.
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Santa Bárbara | |
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| Santa Bárbara del Zulia | |
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Santa Bárbara | |
| Coordinates: 9°00′0″N 71°57′0″W | |
| Country | |
| State | Zulia |
| Municipality | Colón Municipality |
| Founded | 1704 |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 80,000 (estimate) |
| • Demonym | Barbarense |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Climate | Aw |
Santa Bárbara is connected by two bridges across the Escalante River with the city of San Carlos del Zulia, forming a twin city.
| Climate data for Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Venezuela | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C | 32 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 39 |
| Record low °C | 20 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Average precipitation mm | 106 | 90 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 105 | 171 | 208 | 205 | 178 | 159 | 130 | 205 |
| Record high °F | 90 | 90 | 93 | 102 | 100 | 99 | 102 | 97 | 95 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 102 |
| Record low °F | 68 | 66 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 81 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 |
| Average precipitation inches | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 8.1 |
| Average precipitation days | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 97 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 85 | 87 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 92 | 89 | 84 | 86.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 181 | 179 | 185 | 186 | 199 | 170 | 167 | 157 | 159 | 167 | 170 | 178 | 2,098 |
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