Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Barquisimeto is GeoNames ID 3648522. Its recorded administrative path is Municipio Iribarren → Lara → Venezuela, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Barquisimeto occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-14; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Barquisimeto ranks 419 by recorded population. Inside the 7 selected Venezuela entries it ranks 4; inside the 198 entries in its broad region it ranks 57. Its 1,240,714 population value is 1.00 times the 1,240,714 median for the country cohort and 1.52 times the 816,326 regional median. Barquisimeto is rank 4 among the 7 selected Venezuela entries, so a percentage band would overstate this small cohort. Barquisimeto's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Barquisimeto's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Valencia (Venezuela) at 148.892 km with 1,619,470 recorded people; Maracaibo at 254.765 km with 1,752,602 recorded people; Caracas at 275.158 km with 3,000,000 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 126.266 km. Compared with Valencia (Venezuela), Barquisimeto's recorded population is 0.77 times as large. Against Barquisimeto, Valencia (Venezuela) follows Municipio Valencia → Carabobo → Venezuela in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Venezuela cohort, uses the shared America/Caracas identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Barquisimeto's. Against Barquisimeto, Maracaibo follows Municipio Maracaibo → Zulia → Venezuela in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Venezuela cohort, uses the shared America/Caracas identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Barquisimeto's. Against Barquisimeto, Caracas follows Municipio Libertador → Distrito Federal → Venezuela in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Venezuela cohort, uses the shared America/Caracas identifier, and carries capital of a political entity rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Barquisimeto's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 876 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Barquisimeto's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 3648522, the coordinate pair 10.0647 / 69.3570, country rank 4 of 7, and neighbor GeoNames 3625549 at 148.892 km bind Barquisimeto to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Barquisimeto's reference point is 10.0647° north and 69.3570° west. The IANA identifier America/Caracas is shared by 7 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Barquisimeto's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Barquisimeto's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Barquisimeto's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Barquisimeto, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Barquisimeto · GeoNames 3648522 · Q4709
- Name scope
- Barquisimeto · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Municipio Iribarren · Lara · Venezuela
- Coordinate signature
- 10.0647° N · 69.3570° W
- Population snapshot
- 1,240,714 · atlas rank 419 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Venezuela rank 4 of 7 · median 1,240,714 · ratio 1.00×
- Regional comparison
- the Americas rank 57 of 198 · median 816,326 · ratio 1.52×
- Time-zone cohort
- America/Caracas · 7 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Barquisimeto · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Valencia (Venezuela) · 148.892 km · population 1,619,470 · atlas rank 277
- Second reference
- Maracaibo · 254.765 km · population 1,752,602 · atlas rank 249
- Third reference
- Caracas · 275.158 km · population 3,000,000 · atlas rank 119
- Neighbour geometry
- Barquisimeto · nearest-distance rank 876 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 126.266 km
- Source dates
- Barquisimeto row updated 2026-04-14 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04