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Also known as New Barcelona

capital of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela

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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

Air quality

53US AQIModerate
PM2.5
8.1 µg/m³
PM10
8.6 µg/m³
As of 2026-10-20 21:00 · Open-Meteo

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
Population
550122
Area
706
Elevation
8
Time zone
UTC−04:00
Capital of
Anzoátegui
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
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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.

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