Santa Bárbara del Zulia

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.

Santa Bárbara
Santa Bárbara del Zulia
Flag Coat of arms
Santa Bárbara
Coordinates: 9°00′0″N 71°57′0″W
Country	Venezuela
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

Climate data for Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Venezuela
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

References

• Emilio Strauss, William Fuenmayor, José Romero.(2000). Atlas del Estado Zulia.