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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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California-based Pacific Coast Energy Co., among newcomers to Venezuela’s energy patch, said this week that it has started a program to reactivate 900 wells in Cabimas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

About 10 miles south is the sweltering city of Cabimas, an iconic venue in Venezuela’s petroleum narrative.

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

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