Baraltwijk

Baraltwijk is a small bario at the end of the Roodeweg. It lies east of Mundo Nobo, opposite the petrol station and the fire station there.

The neighbourhood is named after Monsignor Miguel Baralt, a Venezuelan priest who was banished from Venezuela by President Guzman Blanco. Baralt taught at the girls' boarding school of the Sisters of Rozendaal, which was located at Habaai.

Baraltwijk was part of the extensive landholdings of the Catholic Church and covered the whole area between Habaai and Otrobanda, bordering the Schottegat. Besides Baraltwijk it also included Habaai, Bati paña (a neighbourhood and washing place at the Schottegat), Welgelegen, Bijgelegen or Santa Helena, Ser'i Dòmi, and San Mateo near the Holy Family Church in Otrobanda.

Experimental garden

In 1911 the Government Experimental Garden Mundo Nobo was set up, where experiments were carried out with, among other things, varieties of maize and sisal. Across from Mundo Nobo, in Baraltwijk, six varieties of maize were also sown as an experiment. Both experiments, however, were without satisfactory result.

In Venezuela the municipality of Baralt is part of the state of Zulia, on the east coast of Lake Maracaibo. It is named after the diplomat and writer Rafael María Baralt.