Lagunillas, Mérida
human settlement
Lagunillas is the capital city of the municipality of Sucre in the state of Mérida, Venezuela.
It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Mérida.
The old town is of interest to tourists.
The town is known for the large number of artifacts created with local materials.
Lagoon
The city is in a semi-arid zone in the middle basin of the Chama River, with a warm, dry climate.
It contains the Laguna de Urao, a natural lagoon that helps cool the air, and adds humidity, named after an indigenous word for sodium sesquicarbonate, which is found in the lake. This material was traditionally used to make chimó llanero. This lagoon is full of brackish water.
The French chemist Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801–1887) discovered the mineral Gaylussite in the lagoon in 1826.
It is named for the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850).
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