| Official Name: | La Esmeralda |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Amazonas State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alto Orinoco Municipality |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Total: | 20 030 |
| Timezone: | VET |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 3.1739°N -65.5467°W |
| Elevation M: | 225 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Af |
La Esmeralda (Ye'kuana: [[wikt:Medadanña|Medadanña]][1] [2] or [[wikt:Kadawanadunña|Kadawanadunña]][3]) is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.
It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
La Esmeralda has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.