Guanars
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Coordinates: 9 ° 2 ′ N , 69 ° 44 ′ W Guanare on the map of Portuguesa
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Venezuela | |
| State | Portuguesa | |
| City foundation | November 3, 1591 | |
| Residents | 198.201 | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 2008 km 2 | |
| Population density | 99 people / km 2 | |
| height | 183 m | |
| Post Code | 3350 | |
| prefix | (+58) 257 | |
| Time zone | UTC -4: 30 | |
| City Presidency | Rafael José Calles Rojas. (2004-2008) | |
Guanare is the capital of the Portuguese state in northwestern Venezuela .
It forms a district of the same name ( Municipio ), which in 2001 had 157,400 inhabitants. Today the city has more than 235,000 inhabitants.
Guanare lies on the edge of the southwestern steppe plain ( Llanos ), not far from the Andean slopes. A road connects it with the neighboring cities of San Carlos in the northeast, Barquisimeto on the other side of the mountains in the north and with Barinas in the southwest.
The city lives from agriculture and is a location of the agricultural university UNELLEZ. There are also other universities.
The multi-purpose stadium "Coliseo Carl Herrera Allen" holds around 7,500 spectators.
Daughters and sons of the city
- Rommel Rodriguez (musician)
- Eduardo Arocha (musician)
- Chente y Ruben Bonilla (musician)
- Ivian Sarcos (Miss World 2011)
Town twinning
- Portimão (Portugal, 1977)
- Guadix (Spain, 2000)
- Laval (France, 2002)
- Atlanta (USA, 2003)
- Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras, 2004)
- Đakovica (Serbia, 2008)
- Castelo Branco (Portugal, 2008)
- Charlottetown (Canada, 2009)
Web links
Commons : Guanare - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.unellez.edu.ve
