Guanta

Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality. Together with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Lechería it forms a conurbation of around 1.2m inhabitants.

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Locality: Guanta
Region: Anzoátegui
Country: Venezuela
Population: 0

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Settlement.official_name: Guanta
Settlement.image_skyline: CASCO-DENTRAL-DE-GUANTA.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Guanta Municipality (Anzoategui).svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Guanta.jpg
Settlement.seal_size: 100x90px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Anzoátegui
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Guanta Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1594
Settlement.area_total_km2: 67
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001
Settlement.population_total: 35,000
Settlement.timezone: VET
Settlement.utc_offset: −4

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Venezuela
Located in: Municipio Guanta
Area: 67
Elevation: 14
Time zone: UTC−04:00
Capital of: Municipio Guanta
Official website: deguantasoy.com
Image: CASCO-DENTRAL-DE-GUANTA.jpg
Dialing code: 0281

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Commons category: Guanta
postal code: 6014
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality. Together with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Lechería it forms a conurbation of around 1.2m inhabitants.

The town is named for the cacique Guantar of the Cumanagoto people, the indigenous inhabitants of the area at the time of the Spanish conquest. Formally founded in 1594, it was already an indigenous settlement before this time.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guanta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.