El Ichibi laseMaracaibo isici semvelo esikhulu kunazo zonke se- Isimo sikaZulia ngokunwetshwa okugcwele kwe-13.000 km2. Ingelinye lamachibi amakhulu angama-23 emhlabeni.
Futhi ukuthi umthamo wezimoto nokuthuthwa kwempahla ethunyelwe emanzini awo yiwona omkhulu kunanoma iliphi elinye ichibi eVenezuela, okunika impilo embonini yezokuthutha neyezentengiselwano eSifundazweni SaseZulia.
I-General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge phezu kweLake Maracaibo ixhumanisa isifunda esisempumalanga nezwe lonke. Kuyinto yobuciko yobunjiniyela eyakhiwe ngokhonkolo. Ukwakhiwa kwayo kwahlala iminyaka emihlanu kubiza ama-B. 350 wezigidi ($ 100 million kukhethwa ukwakhiwa) enobude obungu-8.678 m. (8,6 km. Approx.) Lokho kuxhumanisa iMaracaibo nePuerto Palmarejo, ogwini olusempumalanga.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi kusenemizi ethile eLake Maracaibo. Injalo-ke iSanta Rosa, idolobha elakhiwe phezu kwama- "palafitos" (amaqhugwane akhiwe emanzini echibi) lapho kunomgwaqo omkhulu wezikebhe ovame kakhulu kule ndawo yedolobha. Le ndawo, ebuyisa izinkumbulo zokhokho bomdabu, isiphenduke indawo yokuvakasha exotic lapho unganambitha khona ukudla okumnandi okujwayelekile emanzini echibi.
Kukhona elinye idolobha elifanayo echibini laseSinamaica enyakatho yesifundazwe saseZulia. Lo mzana omangalisayo awugcini ngokunikeza ukuzijabulisa izivakashi kuphela, kodwa futhi unikeza zonke izinhlobo zezinsiza kubantu basemakhaya njengokudla, amakhemisi, izitolo nezinye izinsizakalo ezivamile zasendlini.
Leli dolobha elingajwayelekile elibonakala liphuma emanzini, ngesikebhe salo, amasiko, amasiko namasiko alo okwenza iSinamaica yaba ngenye yezindawo ezikhangayo nezindawo zokungcebeleka esifundeni saseZulia.