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Ciudad Guayana is a city in Venezuela, situated within the Bolívar state. It serves as the capital of Municipio Caroní and includes the part known as Puerto Ordaz. The city was established in 1961 and covers an area of 410.5 square kilometers. It is located near the Orinoco River and Caroní River, with an elevation of 13 meters above sea level.
The population of Ciudad Guayana is 751,331. The local dialing code is 0286, and the postal code is 8050. The city operates in the America/Caracas time zone.
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Place details
- Region
- Bolívar
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 978,202
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- State
- Bolívar
- Municipality
- Caroní
- Founded
- July 2, 1961
- Mayor
- Tito Oviedo
- Total
- 378.59 km (146.17 sq mi)
- Rank
- 6th
- Density
- 2,583.8/km (6,692.0/sq mi)
- Demonym
- guayanés
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( VET )
- Area code
- 0286
- Climate
- Aw
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Bolívar
- Population
- 751331
- Area
- 410.5
- Elevation
- 13
- Body of water
- Caroní River
- Capital of
- Municipio Caroní
- Image
- Panorámica aérea de ciudad Guayana.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0286
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- Commons category
- Ciudad Guayana
- topic's main category
- Category:Ciudad Guayana
- category for people born here
- Q27441531
- inception
- 1961-00-00
- postal code
- 8050
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ciudad Guayana
- P12749
- Eschweiler
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Travel guide
Understand
Ciudad Guayana was founded in 1961 by merging two towns on both of the riversides of the Orinoco, San Félix and Puerto Ordaz as a single city. The (BR-174) which connects the Orinoco towns of Ciudad Bolivar and Ciudad Guayana (or Puerto Ordaz) to Brazil. Buses run this route regularly. Puerto Ordaz is Venezuela's fastest growing town and is known for some spectacular waterfall parks within the city itself. The visitor infrastructure is still young but the university has long provided a good audience for interesting restaurants and nightspots. San Felix is the colonial town but has no historic building of note and contains the poorer sections of the sprawling urban area. Puerto Ordaz was founded in 1952 as an iron ore port.
Many industries have settled in it, since its geographical position gives it many advantages, but the mining and particularly iron being its main industry. The iron ore is transformed into high grade iron ore pellets in local factories. The bulk of the areas production is exported. The state of Bolivar is also rich in bauxite, gold, diamonds and various kinds of clays for brick production.
Since its foundation it has grown from two fledgling towns into the Guayana region's most important industrial center, and a hub of growth in a typically under populated region of Venezuela. The city stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco. With approximately 1,300,000 people, it is a large city by Venezuelan standards. It is also the country's faste…
Get around
The main routes are served by buses and porpuestos. Some of the main sights are only accessible by taxi.
See
thumb|upright=1.4|Waterfalls at Parque Cachamay
Guri Dam and Reservoir - Hydroelectricity provides some two thirds of Venezuela's energy needs, most of which comes from Guri. You can take a tour round the facilities.
Go next
The city has a Brazilian consul, on the way down to the Gran Sabana. This is the second last place before reaching the border where you can ask for a Brazilian visa (necessary for US, Canada, ...). The last place is at Santa Elena de Uairén, 12 km from the border. Getting the visa takes usually 1-3 days.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ciudad Guayana ( Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað ɣwaˈʝana]) (English: Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river, at the point where it is joined by its main tributary, the Caroní River. The Caroní flows through the city from south to north, dividing it into its predominant halves — the old town of San Félix, to the east, and the newer area of Puerto Ordaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto oɾˈðas]), to the west.
Ciudad Guayana was officially founded in 1961 by the unification of two former settlements, but the modern history of San Félix can be traced back to the eighteenth century. Located within the city limits are Cachamay Falls (part of Parque Cachamay) and Llovizna Falls. There are three bridges across the Caroní, and another crossing over the Orinoco, the Orinoquia Bridge, which was inaugurated in 2006. With approximately one million people in the greater metro area, Ciudad Guayana is Venezuela's fastest-growing city with its important iron, steel, aluminum and hydroelectric industries. Additionally, Ciudad Guayana is one of Venezuela's top-five most vital shipping locations (especially for most of the goods produced in Bolívar state), as ships and barges can easily access the port from the Atlantic Ocean via the Orinoco River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciudad Guayana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.