Adícora is situated just above the twelfth degree parallel (North) as it meets the eastern shore of the Peninsula de Paraguaná, in the northwestern Venezuelan state of Falcon. The Peninsula juts out about 50 miles into the Caribbean Sea and, at its tip, is only 17 miles from Aruba. The town of Adícora itself is about 35 miles south of the eastern tip of Aruba and 70 miles west of the southern tip of Curaçao. Caracas, Venezuela's capital and principal city, lies roughly 200 miles, as the crow flies, to the east.
The Peninsula was once an island, but shifting sands eventually formed a land bridge that linked it to the mainland. This is apparent in its odd shape. The stretch of land that connects the bulk of the peninsula with the mainland still consists of fluctuating sand dunes that constantly threaten to bury the highway passing through them. Next to Columbia's Peninsula de Guajira just to the west, the Peninsula de Paraguaná is the second northernmost point on mainland South America.
The main city on the Peninsula is Punta Fijo, on the Western shore. It is home to large-scale oil refineries that play a vital role in the country's petroleum industry. As such, it is also home to many American engineers and scientists, some of whom occasionally stop by Adícora for some R&R. The region's other major city is Coro, the capital of Falcon, which is situated just below the Peninsula on the mainland. Coro, which celebrates its 470th birthday in 1997, is one of the oldest European settlements in the Western Hemisphere. Both cities have airports that serve visitors to Adícora.
