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Barcelona, officially named Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo, is a city in the Municipio Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. It serves as the capital of the Anzoátegui state and has at various times been part of the Spanish Empire and the Captaincy General of Venezuela. The city was established in 1638 and is located at an elevation of 20 meters above sea level. Its total area is 706 square kilometers, and it operates in the UTC−04:00 time zone.
The population of Barcelona is recorded as 550,122. The city is twinned with Coimbra and has a local dialing code of 0281. It is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Place details
- Locality
- Barcelona
- Region
- Anzoátegui
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 815,141
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- State
- Anzoátegui
- Municipality
- Simón Bolívar
- City
- 76.5 km (29.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 13 m (43 ft)
- Rank
- 7th in Venezuela
- Density
- 5,940/km (15,400/sq mi)
- Metro
- 1,048,776
- Demonym
- Barcelonés/a
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( VET )
- Area code
- 0281
- Climate
- BSh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo
- Located in
- Municipio Simón Bolívar
- Population
- 550122
- Area
- 706
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Anzoátegui
- Official website
- alcaldiasimonbolivar.gob.ve
- Image
- Vista desde un bote de la ciudad de barcelona.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0281
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- Commons category
- Barcelona (Venezuela)
- topic's main category
- Category:Barcelona, Venezuela
- title
- Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Barcelona (Venezuela)
- postal code
- 6001
- inception
- 1638-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Coimbra
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Barcelona, Venezuela
- native label
- Barcelona
- member of
- League of Historical Cities
- P12749
- Adygea
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Encyclopedic overview
Barcelona, originally called Nueva Barcelona, is the capital of Anzoátegui State in Venezuela. Together with Puerto La Cruz, Lechería and Guanta, Barcelona forms Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz with a population of approximately 950,000. It was founded in 1671.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barcelona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.