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Barcelona [1] is the capital of Anzoátegui State, [2] [3] Venezuela, [4] and was founded in 1671. Together with Puerto La Cruz , Lecheria and Guanta , Barcelona forms one of the most important urban areas of Venezuela, with a population of approximately 950,000.
Modern Anzoátegui State, similar in size and location to the former Barcelona Province 1840 map of the province by Agostino Codazzi. Barcelona Province (1811–1864) was one of the provinces of Venezuela which signed the 1811 Venezuelan Declaration of Independence from the Spanish Empire.
The Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz Metropolitan Area, [2] better known as Greater Barcelona, [3] is a Venezuelan conurbation formed by the localities of Barcelona (capital of the Anzoátegui State), Puerto La Cruz, Guanta and Lecheria, forming one of the largest metropolitan areas of the country. Although the state's public powers are in Barcelona ...
General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport (IATA: BLA, ICAO: SVBC) It is the international airport of the city of Barcelona, Venezuela, capital of the Anzoátegui State. Located in the Northeast of the country, southwest of the city center of Barcelona, about 4 km away from the urban center of the city. And less than 1 km from the ...
St. Christopher's Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de San Cristóbal de Barcelona) or Barcelona Cathedral [2] is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona in Venezuela. It is located in the historic center of the city of Barcelona , [ 3 ] the capital of Anzoátegui State northwest of Venezuela .
Named in honor of the great hero of Venezuelan independence, José Antonio Anzoátegui (1789-1819), this state was originally called the Province of Barcelona, receiving that name from the province of Barcelona in present-day Spain and maintained that name from the beginning of the 18th century until 1821 and then between 1830 and 1864, when ...
This article lists the cities in Venezuela by its population, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Venezuela) (commonly referred to as INE in Spanish). All cities with a population of at least 100,000 residents are listed here, capitals of states are shown in bold .
While the State of Anzoategui was initially called Province of Barcelona in reference to the Spanish city of the same name, while the capital kept its original name the territory received the name of a Venezuelan general. Araya Peninsula. In 1856, the Province of Maturín was created, separated from that of Cumaná.