El Vigía

Its location makes El Vigía the economic centre of the southern Lake Maracaibo region, one of the principal agricultural and livestock-producing areas of Venezuela. El Vigía is the second most populous city in Mérida State. Unlike Mérida, Tovar and Nueva Bolivia, the city does not form a conurbation with cities of other municipalities, but rather with localities in Alberto Adriani Municipality such as Onia, La Blanca and La Palmita. It nevertheless forms part of a wider metropolitan area together with Mucujepe, Los Naranjos, Santa Elena de Arenales, Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Pueblo Nuevo-El Chivo, Guayabones and Caño El Tigre, and, to a lesser extent, Zea, Chiguara, Mesa Bolívar, La Azulita and La Tendida. The population was estimated at 162,289 in 2020.