page_title: Mérida (state)
section_title: Main lagoons
hierarchical_section_title: Mérida (state) / Geography / Hydrography / Main lagoons
caption_attribution_description: Español: P.N. Sierra Nevada
context_page_description: The State of Mérida commonly known simply as Mérida', IPA: ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida, in the Libertador Municipality.
  Located in the Western Andean Region, Mérida State covers a total surface area of 11,300 square kilometres, making it the fifteenth-largest in Venezuela. In 2011, had a census population of 828,592, the fourteenth most populous.
context_section_description: La Rosa Lagoon
  Lágrima de la India Lagoon
  Los Anteojos Lagoon
  Mucubají Lagoon
  Black Lagoon (Laguna Negra)
  Pico del Toro Lagoon
  Green Lagoon (Laguna Verde)
  El Suero Lagoon
  Urao Lagoon
  Del Humo Lagoon
  El Bizcocho Lagoon
  La Cura Lagoon
  La Barrosa or del Medio Lagoon
  Mina e'hierro lagoons
  Los Chorros Lagoon
  La Carbonera Lagoon
  La Escopeta Lagoon
  Brava Lagoon
  Los Lirios Lagoon
  White Lagoon (Laguna Blanca)
  Santo Cristo Lagoon
caption: La Coromoto Lagoon
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