Güiria
Güiria | |
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City | |
Port of Güiria | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname: Tierra de Gracia English: Land of Grace | |
Güiria | |
| Coordinates: 10°34′26″N 62°17′54″W / 10.57389°N 62.29833°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Sucre |
| Municipality | Valdez |
| Founded | 8 December 1767 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Régulo Sucre (PSUV) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population 2001 (INE projection) | |
• Total | 40,000 |
| • Demonym | Guireño(a) |
| Time zone | UTC-04:00 (VET) |
| Postal code | 6161 |
| Area code | +58 294 |
| Climate | Aw |
Güiria is the capital city of Valdez Municipality in the Venezuelan state of Sucre. Güiria was the place where the military campaign for South American independence set out to Upper Peru and also a starting point of the 1901 Venezuelan Civil War, also called the Liberating Revolution. Founded on 8 December 1767, Güiria is the state's third-largest urban centre, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is an important harbour, the only one in Venezuela located on the open Atlantic Ocean rather than on the Caribbean Sea, and the economic centre of Paria Peninsula, due to it being near the Gulf of Paria's natural gas fields, where several state and private companies have exploration projects.