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The Araya Peninsula is a peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, located in Sucre State, northern Venezuela.

The peninsula is part of the eastern Serranía del Litoral mountain range, in the Venezuelan Coastal Ranges System of the northern Andes. It extends eastward from the coastline. The town of Araya is located on its westernmost extremity.

The western tip of the Araya Peninsula is known for its large, purple-colored natural salt pans, which became a major site of salt mining during the colonial era.[1] In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the region was regularly mined for salt by Dutch smugglers, who reportedly numbered one hundred ships annually. The smuggling industry in the region was temporarily stymied by a Spanish punitive expedition sent in 1605, although it soon recovered. Eventually, in 1618, Spanish forces began constructing the fortress El Castillo de Santiago de Araya to guard the peninsula. When it was completed in 1665, the fortress permanently put an end to Dutch incursions.[2][3]

The salt mines of the Araya Peninsula were the setting of the award-winning 1959 documentary film Araya by filmmaker Margot Benacerraf.

See also

• Cariaco Basin
• Paria Peninsula

References

External links

• Images of the Araya Peninsula.

На других языках

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[ru] Арая (полуостров)

Арая (исп. Araya) — субширотно вытянутый полуостров на северо-востоке Южной Америки, в Венесуэле. Является восточным продолжением среднегорного хребта Карибских Анд – Береговая Сьерра  (англ.) (рус. (Кордильера-де-ла-Коста)[1]. Омывается Карибским морем. Обрамляет с севера залив Карьяко  (исп.) (рус.. Арая отделен от острова Маргарита проливом Кубагуа (Cubagua)[2]. На полуострове Арая типичны колючекустарниковые сообщества (монте, исп. monte) с многочисленными кактусами и невысокими ксероморфными кустарниками (акациями, курателлой  (исп.) (рус., диви-диви)[1].

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