Araya ( isp. Araya ) - sublatitudinal elongated peninsula in the north-east of South America , in Venezuela . It is the eastern continuation of the middle mountain range of the Caribbean Andes - Coastal Sierra (Cordillera de la Costa) [1] . Washed by the Caribbean Sea . Frames from the north Karjako Bay . Araya is separated from the island of Margarita by the Cubagua Strait [2] . On the Araya Peninsula, thorny-kustarnik communities (monte, isp. Monte) are typical with numerous cacti and low xeromorphic shrubs ( acacias , curatella , divi-divi ) [1] .
| Araya | |
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| isp. Araya | |
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| Water area | Caribbean sea |
| A country |
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| State | Sucre |
| Municipalities | Cruz-Salmeron Acosta , Ribero |
German traveler Alexander von Humboldt reports: "Salt-bearing clay, mixed with mountain oil and lens-like gypsum crystals, sometimes turning into blackish-brown clay that does not contain salt, is a very common formation on the Araya Peninsula" [2] . The Cordillera of the Peninsula is composed of mica and shale [2] [3] .
The peninsula is famous for its salt mines. To protect the salt mines from the Dutch, the Spaniards built Aray Castle at the beginning of the 17th century . In 1958, Margot Benaserraf shot the documentary "Araya" about the work of the workers of the salt mines, laying the foundations of the socio-critical trend in the national cinema. The film received international acclaim [4] , participated in the Cannes Film Festival competition program in 1959. However, in the homeland the film was released only in 1977 [1] .
Included in the state of Sucre . On the peninsula are the municipalities of Ribero and Cruz-Salmeron-Acosta . On the western tip of the peninsula is the city of the same name .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Venezuela / Ye. V. Baranchikov, I. Alebastrova, et al. // Grand Duke - Ascending node of the orbit. - M .: The Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2006. - P. 108-122. - (The Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 t.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004–2017, Vol. 5). - ISBN 5-85270-334-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Humboldt, Alexander von . America's second discovery / Alexander von Humboldt; [trans. - T.L. and V.I. Rovinsky]. - M .: Eksmo, 2012. - 472 p. - (Great travel). - ISBN 978-5-699-58867-1 .
- ↑ Research and materials // Bulletin of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society / ed. EI Lamansky. - SPb. : Printing house V. Bezobrav and comp., 1859. - T. 25 . - p . 74 .
- ↑ Venezuela // Brasos - Ves. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1971. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 tons.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, Vol. 4).