Tag: Venezuela

Barquisimeto is the capital of Lara state. The city is located in a mountain valley at the northern end of the Cordillera de Mérida mountains in western Venezuela, about 360 km from Caracas. According to computerdo, it was founded in 1552. Today, Barquisimeto is the fourth largest city in Venezuela. and a major agricultural center,…

Venezuelan painting from the beginning of the 20th century representing Diego de Losada, conqueror of the region. Caracas is the name of the tribe that inhabited the Valley of the Caracas, one of the coastal valleys contiguous to the current city to the north, a place name still in force. This tribe was known by the Spaniards settled…

Highways and main avenues The highest concentration of road networks in the country is found in the Caracas region and its surroundings, with a large network of highways and avenues in the Metropolitan District and urban, suburban and interurban roads, the road network has become a great crossroads between the West, the East and the…

Economy The city of Caracas is the center of the nation’s economic, administrative and financial activities. It is considered the seventh most influential financial center in Latin America [17] Located behind cities such as São Paulo, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. It generates between 18 and 19 percent of the national GDP, being greater than the GDP of Croatia. Caracas is…

Arts Caracas is also a great cultural center. The Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the most important in South America and in it you can see high quality works. Teresa Carreño Theater The largest cultural complex in Latin America. One of the most modern theaters in the world and the most prestigious in…

Caracas, as a capital, is a very diverse city, as it has a large number of parks, squares, modern and colonial architecture, churches, promenades, boulevards, shopping centers, etc. In this way, it offers Caracas residents and tourists the best of its culture and services. Landmarks Caracas is a city that has a history that is…

Metropolitan area The city of Caracas occupies the entire Libertador Municipality of the Capital District and part of the Miranda State, specifically the Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo and Sucre municipalities, which make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas, which enjoys legal personality and autonomy within the limits of the Constitution and the law. According to politicsezine, the Metropolitan Mayor is the first civil, political and administrative authority…

Municipalities According to physicscat, the Mayor’s Office has coordination powers over the five autonomous municipalities, governed in turn by the municipal mayors. In each municipality, the internal legislative power is exercised by each Municipal Council, with its respective powers in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the Republic. Baruta: (312,354 residents)…

Foundation According to philosophynearby, the antecedents of the foundation of Caracas originate in the cattle herd of San Francisco, established in 1560 by the mestizo Francisco Fajardo. This foundation was made from another previous population founded on the coast of Caracas by Fajardo himself, and as a consequence of his attempts to populate the Toromaimas Valley (or…

Yearbook 2011 Venezuela. According to Countryaah official site, the major topic of discussion in Venezuela during the year was President Hugo Chávez’s state of health. The speculation was extensive over an 18-day period of very unusual silence on the part of Chávez, until he declared on June 30 that he had been diagnosed with cancer…