Punta Cardón
Town in Falcón, Venezuela
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Punta Cardón is a town and parish in the Carirubana autonomous municipality of Falcón state, Venezuela.
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Punta Cardón | |
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Town | |
 Punta Cardón | |
| Coordinates: 11.6508°N 70.2156°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Falcón |
| Municipality | Carirubana |
| Time zone | UTC -4:30 |
| Postal code | 4154 |
| Climate | BWh |
The town was once a poor fishing community on the Gulf of Coro on the northwest coast of Venezuela. Since the mid-1940s the community has become surrounded by the Paraguana- oil-refining complex, which today is run by PDVSA, the state oil company.[1] The Spanish architect José Lino Vaamonde built the Club Manaure in Punta Cardón (1953) for Shell Venezuela.[2]