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Cabimas

American  
[kah-vee-mahs] / kɑˈvi mɑs /

noun

  1. a city in NW Venezuela, on the E coast of Lake Maracaibo.


Cabimas British  
/ kaˈβimas /

noun

  1. a town in NW Venezuela, on the NE shore of Lake Maracaibo. Pop: 284 000 (2005 est)

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It was here in Cabimas where, more than a century ago, a well-named Barroso II jump-started a boom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

On Dec. 14, 1922, the ground shook in Cabimas, but it wasn’t an earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Cabimas, a city about 400 miles northwest of Caracas on the shores of Lake Maracaibo, is another center of regional oil production.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2023

The Elizalzabal and Silva families, who fish for a living, outside a family home on the shore of oil-contaminated Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, 3 July.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2019

At the Cabimas Hospital on that shore, 80 percent of the outpatient visits are associated with oil spills and gas fumes, the foundation says.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019