Barima Point

Barima Point
Coordinates: 8°36′26″N 60°24′39″W / 8.60722°N 60.41083°W / 8.60722; -60.41083
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)

Barima Point (Spanish: Punta Barima), is a small settlement in the Antonio Díaz municipality of Delta Amacuro state in Venezuela, at the mouth of the Barima River.

It has a lighthouse, Faro Barima, and a Coast Guard Station.

The city was controlled by British Guiana until 1899, when it was returned to Venezuela in the Paris Arbitral Award.

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