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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.
Joan Orpí i del Pou, also Juan Orpín or Juan Urpín (1593 in Piera – 1 July 1645 in Barcelona, Venezuela) was a Spanish conquistador, known for founding New Barcelona in Venezuela, and for founding the short-lived Province of New Catalonia (1633–1654). In 1623 he journeyed to Araya.
The city of Barcelona, which is the capital of the state, was founded by the Spanish colonists in 1677 as "New Barcelona of the Holy Hill" (Nueva Barcelona del Cerro Santo) later shortened simply to Barcelona. Bolívar Square, El Tigre, Anzoátegui
New Andalusia Province or Province of Cumaná (1537–1864) was a province of the Spanish Empire, and later of Gran Colombia and Venezuela. It included the territory of present-day Venezuelan states Sucre, Anzoátegui and Monagas. Its most important cities were the Capital City Cumaná and New 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 ...
Barcelona Province (1811–1864) was one of the provinces of Venezuela which signed the 1811 Venezuelan Declaration of Independence from the Spanish Empire. It became one of the provinces of Gran Colombia after Venezuela 's independence from Gran Colombia in 1830.
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 ...
José Antonio Anzoátegui (1789–1819) was a Venezuelan military officer who fought in the Venezuelan and Colombian Wars of Independence.. Born in Barcelona, he supported the Venezuelan independence movement in 1810 and joined the patriot army, one of the first military campaigns he participated in was in the Eastern Campaign led by General Santiago Mariño which saw him reach the rank of ...