Güiria
Sign in to saveGüiria is the capital city of Valdez Municipality in the Venezuelan state of Sucre. Güiria was the place where the military campaign for South American independence set out to Upper Peru and also a starting point of the 1901 Venezuelan Civil War, also called the Liberating Revolution. Founded on 8 December 1767, Güiria is the state's third-largest urban centre, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is an important harbour, the only one in Venezuela located on the open Atlantic Ocean rather than on the Caribbean Sea, and the economic centre of Paria Peninsula, due to it being near the G
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Güiria
- Settlement.nickname
- Tierra de GraciaEnglish: Land of Grace
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- Bandera Valdez Sucre.PNG
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- Escudo Valdez Sucre.PNG
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Guiria.JPG
- Settlement.caption
- Port of Güiria
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- Venezuela
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- Country
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- State
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- Municipality
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- Venezuela
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1767
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Sucre
- Population
- +40000
- Elevation
- +10
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Gulf of Paria
- Capital of
- Valdez
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Güiria is the capital city of Valdez Municipality in the Venezuelan state of Sucre. Güiria was the place where the military campaign for South American independence set out to Upper Peru and also a starting point of the 1901 Venezuelan Civil War, also called the Liberating Revolution. Founded on 8 December 1767, Güiria is the state's third-largest urban centre, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is an important harbour, the only one in Venezuela located on the open Atlantic Ocean rather than on the Caribbean Sea, and the economic centre of Paria Peninsula, due to it being near the Gulf of Paria's natural gas fields, where several state and private companies have exploration projects.
==Climate== Güiria experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw), characterized by consistently hot temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons.