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Tucupita

Field	Value
official_name	Tucupita
image_skyline	Catedral_Divina_Pastora.jpg
image_caption	Divina Pastora Cathedral.
image_flag	Bandera del Municipio Tucupita.svg
image_seal	Escudo del Municipio Tucupita.jpg
pushpin_map	Venezuela
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Venezuela Venezuela
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Delta Amacuro
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Tucupita
established_title	Founded
established_date	1848
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Loa Tamaronis
population_as_of	2011
population_total	86487
population_density_km2	6.6
timezone	VET
utc_offset	−4
coordinates
elevation_m	5
population_blank1_title	Demonym
population_blank1	Tucupiteño(a)
area_code	0287
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	6401
blank1_name	Climate
blank1_info	Am
website	Alcaldía de Tucupita

Tucupita () is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro.

Geography

Delta Amacuro consists almost entirely of the swampy Orinoco River delta. Tucupita is hot and humid, and lies well into the delta on the Caño Manamo river (one of the two major branches of the Orinoco river delta). It is approached by a road which runs along the top of a barrier constructed in the 1960s to create dry land. The project is considered by many to be a failure since little dry land was created and massive ecological disruption was caused by salt water penetration of the delta.

The delta is covered mostly by mangrove swamp but there is a huge range of other flora and fauna, making it one of the world's more ecologically diverse places. Significant amounts of oil have been discovered in the western parts of the delta and there is apprehension that exploitation of this oil will cause substantial ecological damage.

Climate

Religion

Tucupita is the cathedral see of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita, with the Cathedral of the Divine Shepherdess.

Tourism

The main income of Tucupita comes from eco-tourism. The attractions are the birds, mammals and reptiles of the delta, and the villages of the local Indians, the Warao. Tourists can visit the remote parts of the delta and stay in the stilted houses of the Warao in the delta itself.

There are bus connections to Bolivar City and other towns in the north of Venezuela, but in the delta itself only travel by boat is possible.

References

Echezuría, Heriberto. (2002). "Assessment of environmental changes in the Orinoco River delta". Regional Environmental Change.
"Delta del Orinoco".

Wikipedia Source

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