La Yankin Paraguaná, dake arewacin jihar Falcón, An gano shi a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1499 ta mai binciken jirgin Alonso de Ojeda a Ranar San Román. Tana bayanin sunan yankin teku a matsayin Lardin San Román, wanda aka yi amfani dashi a duk takaddun yan mulkin mallaka da kuma taswirar duniya daga lokacin Mutanen Espanya.
Alonso de Ojeda, (1468-1515), ya kasance mai jirgin ruwan Sifen, gwamna, da nasara. Ya yi tafiya a kan iyakar Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad da Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba da Colombia (a gefen Tekun Caribbean). Ya shahara saboda bada sunan Venezuela ("Little Venice") zuwa ƙasar da ya bincika a lokacin tafiyarsa ta farko guda biyu. Ya gano Lake Maracaibo.
A halin yanzu, San Román shine sunan layin da aka samo a cikin arewacin arewacin zirin da duk ƙasar Venezuela. Can, a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 1928, an buɗe fitila a kan kabet. Abin da ya kasance tsarin karfe ne mai nauyi wanda tsatsa ta lalata, wanda ke aiki musamman a wannan yankin saboda yawan narkar da sinadarin nitriding.
Lokacin da yanayi yayi kyau daga igiyar da ke sararin sama zaka iya ganin tsibirin Aruba, nisan da yake kilomita 31. A cikin daren dare fitilun wannan tsibirin suna ta shawagi a sararin samaniya. Sanannen sanannen sanannen rairayin bakin teku ne da kasuwancin caca.