Place:Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela

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NameGuanare
Alt namesLa Soledadsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates9.05°N 69.75°W
Located inPortuguesa, Venezuela     (1593 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Guanare is the capital and most populated city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. It is where la Virgen de Coromoto is said to have appeared to a Coromoto Indian.

Guanare was founded on 3 November 1591 by João Fernandes de Leão Pacheco (1543–1593), a Portuguese captain from Portimão.

Located at the edge of the Southwestern floodplains, near the Andes foothills, Guanare is in a region known for livestock and agricultural production. Guanare is also the location of one of the campuses of UNELLEZ

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