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La Guaira
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La Guaira is a city in Venezuela that serves as the capital of Vargas state and Vargas Municipality. Founded in 1589, it is situated at an elevation of 4 meters above sea level. The city covers an area of 1497 and has a population of 275,000. Spanish is the official language, and the local time zone is UTC−04:00.
Administrative details include the postal code 1160 and the local dialing code 212. La Guaira holds a heritage designation as a Tentative World Heritage Site. The city is located within the administrative territorial entity of Vargas state.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Guaira
- Region
- La Guaira
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 25,259
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- State
- La Guaira
- Municipality
- Vargas
- Mayor
- José Manuel Suárez Maldonado ( PSUV )
- City
- 5.4 sq mi (14 km )
- Density
- 3,500/sq mi (1,400/km )
- Metro
- 270,792
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( VET )
- Area code
- +58 212
- Demonym
- Guairno
- Climate
- BSh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- capital city
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Vargas state
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 275000
- Area
- 1497
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Vargas Municipality
- Official website
- vargas-vargas.gov.ve
- Image
- La Guaira.jpg
- Dialing code
- 212
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- Commons category
- La Guaira
- topic's main category
- Category:La Guaira
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in La Guaira
- postal code
- 1160
- category of associated people
- Category:People from La Guaira
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- inception
- 1589-00-00
- native label
- La Guaira
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Encyclopedic overview
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La Guaira ( Spanish: [la ˈɣwajɾa] ) is the capital city of the eponymous state of Venezuela (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port, founded in 1577 as an outlet for nearby Caracas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Guaira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.