Upata
Sign in to saveUpata () is a Venezuelan city inside the bulk of Guayana at the north of the Bolívar State. It is the capital and most important town of Piar Municipality. It is located between the basins of the rivers Orinoco and Cuyuní. The name of Upata is an indigenous word, probably of the Kamaracoto ethnic group, believed to mean “Rose of the mountain," name of a chief's daughter.
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- Locality
- Upata
- Region
- Bolívar
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 112,617
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Upata
- Settlement.nicknames
- Villa del Youcoima ("Yocoima Village") La capital de las mujeres bonitas ("Capital of the beautiful women")
- Settlement.motto
- Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural.("Hail Holiest Mary, conceived without sin, in the first instant of Your Natural Being.")
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Upatalognview.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Upata from Cerro La Virgen
- Settlement.image_flag
- BAND-F-Piar.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Municipio Piar escudo (Estado Barinas).jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- States
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipalities
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bolívar
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Piar Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- July 7, 1762
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ornella Valentina Arbelaez (PSUV)
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Encyclopedic overview
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Upata () is a Venezuelan city inside the bulk of Guayana at the north of the Bolívar State. It is the capital and most important town of Piar Municipality. It is located between the basins of the rivers Orinoco and Cuyuní. The name of Upata is an indigenous word, probably of the Kamaracoto ethnic group, believed to mean “Rose of the mountain," name of a chief's daughter.
==Foundation==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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