Maturin

Maturin, a section of the Venezuelan state Bermudez, lying W. of the Orinoco delta, and consisting almost entirely of llanos. Area, 13,100 sq. m.; population, 70,000.—Maturin town, on the Guapiche, has plantations of cacao, and a trade with the West Indies. Its port is Colorado, 25 miles below, and a railway has been constructed to this point. Pop. 11,351.