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Ciudad Bolívar (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað βoˈliβaɾ]; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura [4] and St. Thomas de Guyana, [5] is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar State.
At its first meeting on February 19, 1819, Bolivar gave his famous Address at Angostura, but not all of the proposals contained in it were accepted (most notably the suggestions of a highly exalted ceremonial president-for-life who would govern through powerful ministers accountable to parliament and a hereditary senate, both modeled on the ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time.
Ciudad Bolívar is the capital; famous for its colonial architecture. Although Ciudad Guayana is the most populated town in the state and its economic heart. The State of Bolivar is made up of several towns, but some are outstanding for certain reasons, making some of these towns more livable than others. Some of these large populations are:
Martuni is the name given by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to Khojavend (city) – Aleksandr Myasnikyan, first Communist president of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni" Former: Ali Bayramli was the name of Shirvan – Ali Bayramov, early Bolshevik; Azizbekovo was the name of Basqal – Meshadi Azizbekov, Soviet revolutionary
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official, English), An Nam (former name in other foreign languages and central Vietnam under French colonization), Champa (historical kingdom), Đại Việt (historical kingdom), Giao Chỉ (former Chinese province or vassal kingdom), French Indochina (former name under French colonization when united with Laos ...
Place names may revert to an earlier name; for instance in Australia, pre-colonial names established thousands of years ago by Aboriginal peoples have been reclaimed as official names. Examples include K'gari (formerly Fraser Island and various other names since settlement), and Uluru / Ayers Rock , where a dual naming strategy was adopted but ...
Bolívar (footballer, born 1980), Fabian Guedes, Brazilian football manager and former centre-back; Bolívar S.C., an association football club based in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela; Club Bolívar, an association football club based in Bolivia; Club Ciudad de Bolívar, an Argentine volleyball club from the homonymous city