Cumaná, Venezuela

Cumaná, Venezuela is a submarine cable landing point in Venezuela (coordinates 10.4543°, -64.1821°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Venezuela's international connectivity infrastructure.

Cumaná is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located 402 kilometres (250 mi) east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in South America. Its early history includes several successful counters by the indigenous people of the area who were attempting to prevent Spanish incursion into their land, resulting in the city being refounded several times. The municipality of Sucre, which includes the capital city, Cumaná, had a population of 358,919 at the 2011 Census; the latest estimate is 423,546. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Cumaná, Venezuela, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Venezuela. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Cumaná, Venezuela in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Venezuelan Festoon (1998) — Venezuelan Festoon is a domestic submarine cable network within Venezuela, connecting 12 coastal and island locations including Cabimas, Camuri, Carúpano, Chichiriviche, Coro, and 7 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.