Boleita Norte
Sign in to savethumb|170px|right|Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare is a neighborhood in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. It is located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under the name of San Jose de Guanarito. It grew to become a part of the Greater Caracas area as the latter expanded in area and population. Petare had a population of 372,106 inhabitants and about 448,861 according to 2020 estimates. Petare is the biggest slum in Venezuela, and in South America.
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Place details
- Locality
- Caracas
- Region
- Miranda
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 364,684
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Petare2004-8b.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera del Municipio Sucre (Miranda).svg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Historic center of Petare
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Sucre Miranda.PNG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Miranda
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Political party
- Settlement.leader_name
- Diógenes Lara
- Settlement.leader_name1
- PSUV
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- February 17, 1621
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 369,000
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Municipio Sucre
- Population
- 448861
- Area
- 40
- Elevation
- 900
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Municipio Sucre
- Official website
- www.alcaldiamunicipiosucre.gov.ve
- Image
- Petare2004-8b.jpg
- Dialing code
- 212
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- Commons category
- Petare
- inception
- 1621-02-17
- postal code
- 1073
- different from
- Metro Petare
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Colonial period
- Contemporary Period (20th and 21st Centuries)
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|170px|right|Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare is a neighborhood in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. It is located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under the name of San Jose de Guanarito. It grew to become a part of the Greater Caracas area as the latter expanded in area and population. Petare had a population of 372,106 inhabitants and about 448,861 according to 2020 estimates. Petare is the biggest slum in Venezuela, and in South America.
The neighborhood is towards the eastern edge of Caracas, but has developed its own commercial core. Two universities are located in Petare: Universidad Santa María and Universidad Metropolitana. Poverty remains a major limitation to the city's development.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boleita Norte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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