Barquisimeto
Also known as Bqto, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Barquisimeto is the capital city of Lara and seat of the Iribarren Municipality in Venezuela. Barquisimeto is located in the Central-Western Region. The city is an important urban, industrial, commercial, musical, and transportational center in the country, recognized as the fourth-largest city by population after Caracas, Maracaibo, and Valencia. Barquisimeto is sometimes referred to as the "Music City of Venezuela" due to the large number of musical institutions there. Gustavo Dudamel, the director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was born in the city
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Barquisimeto is Venezuela's fourth-largest city by population and serves as the capital of Lara State, functioning as a major urban, industrial, commercial, and transportation hub in the country's central-western region. The city is nicknamed the "Music City of Venezuela" because of its numerous musical institutions and cultural significance, notably as the birthplace of renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
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Place details
- Locality
- Barquisimeto
- Region
- Lara
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 1,240,714
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thumb|Interior of the Catedral Metropolitana, which was completed in the 1960s
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · Svenska
Barquisimeto är huvudorten i delstaten Lara i Venezuela. Folkmängden uppgick till cirka 940 000 invånare vid folkräkningen 2011. Staden grundades 1552 och flyttades flera gånger innan den 1563 hamnade på nuvarande position. Ett transportsystem med spårvagn, Transbarca, öppnades 2013. I Barquisimeto spelades matcher vid Copa América 2007 i fotboll.
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