By Ferries

The port of La Salina, with its artificial island, is one of the main oil tanker docks in Maracaibos' lake, from where the crude is shipped to the United States of America, Europe or Asia. There are also some small private docks of oil service companies such as the Halliburton dock in Las Palmas. The Fishing dock is at the Boulevart Costanero, and is for small out-bound vessels. There are no commercial or tourist docks.

By Car

In Cabimas there are no public transport bus routes.Old cars and vans are the vehicles used for public transportation.Most vehicles are from the 70's and are typically not well-maintained.They are known locally as "carritos".From the terminal they go everywhere in Cabimas, which is an advantage over Maracaibo or Caracas, both of which lack a central transport station. Routes are identified with a name and a taxi cap of a particular color.Transport costs are artificially cheap since refined petroleum in Venezuela only costs the equivalent of US$0.05, and fares are around half a dollar, however this is considered expensive by locals because the majority are poor.

El Rosario fair, Saint Benedict of Palermo, House of the Culture of Cabimas, El Barroso Square, House museum Margarita Soto

El Rosario fair

Celebrated in October each year, with a beauty pageant contest, the winner is styled Queen of the Rosary Fair.There are live concerts,the Procession of Our Lady of the Rosary (one of the depictions of Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary is considered the saint protector of Spain and Cabimas),the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Cabimas Exposition (EXPOCAICOC),mechanical games, such as wheel of fortune; a rollercoaster, pirate ship, haunted house and more civic bands and parades.

Saint Benedict of Palermo

Is one of the few black African saints of the Catholic Church celebrated in Cabimas with two processions - one from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary through Andres Bello Avenue to the Mission stadium and another from the Cathedral through Independencia street to La Rosa Parish church.These processions take place on December 27 and January 6 each year, with one procession on each date.Each year the dates and places are interchanged.The procession is joined by dancing people, African drums (Chimbangeles) music, blue flags, maracas and horns.There are several professional Chimbangele drums bands and every of them parades those days.300.000 people joint the procession which is the biggest in Zulia state.Saint Benedict is also celebrated in Tasajeras; Ojeda City, Puerto Escondido; Santa Rita Municipality; Bobures and Gibraltar (Zulia).

House of the Culture of Cabimas

Rosario street with Rotaria street, next to UNERMB.There is the municipal public library, the archeological museum, with aboriginal cultures remains (native Americans), the colony and the beginnings of the oil industry. It also contains a dance and theater school, a civil band and a literary center, where the writer's society of Cabimas meets.

El Barroso Square

Intercomunal Avenue, Santa Clara Sector between K and L roads.It was the well which shown the La Rosa oil field potential.It blew out in December 1922 with 100,000 barrels per day (16,000 m3/d).Its currently dry and has an oil pump (Mechanical horse type) as a monument.The Monument was constructed through the offices and concern of Professor Orlando Mendez from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), who found the historical well abandoned inside a house and proceed to ask for a monument for it.

House museum Margarita Soto

Andres Bello Av, Punta Icotea sector.This was the house of the painter and midwife Margarita Soto, remembered in the Gran Coquivacoa song Punta Icotea.Some of her works are exhibited.

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