Paraguana

The Paraguaná peninsula projects into the southern Caribbean, joined to the Venezuelan mainland by the sandy isthmus of Médanos. Its dry plains and coastal waters were home to Caquetío communities. Santa Ana became the principal settlement of free Caquetío people under the Spanish crown; Bishop Mariano Martí visited it during his journey through the peninsula in 1773. The sea links Paraguaná with nearby Aruba and the coast around Coro.