Guanare Explained

Guanare
Official Name:Guanare
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Venezuela
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name:Venezuela
Subdivision Name1:Portuguesa
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:3 November 1591
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:2008
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:112,286
Population Density Km2:100.63
Timezone:VET
Utc Offset:−4
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Aw
Coordinates:9.0436°N -69.7489°W
Elevation M:183
Population Blank1 Title:Demonym
Population Blank1:Guanareño(a)
Area Code:0257
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3350
Website:Alcaldía de Guanare
Footnotes:The area and population figures are for the municipality

Guanare (pronounced as /es/) is the capital and most populated city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. It is where la Virgen de Coromoto is said to have appeared to a Coromoto Indian.

Guanare was founded on 3 November 1591 by João Fernandes de Leão Pacheco (1543–1593), a Portuguese captain from Portimão.

Located at the edge of the Southwestern floodplains, near the Andes foothills, Guanare is in a region known for livestock and agricultural production. Guanare is also the location of one of the campuses of UNELLEZ

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