La Guaira
La Guaira | |
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City | |
Los Cocos beach and buildings of the city. | |
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La Guaira Location in Venezuela La Guaira La Guaira (Caribbean) | |
| Coordinates: 10°36′0″N 66°55′59″W / 10.60000°N 66.93306°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | La Guaira |
| Municipality | Vargas |
| Founded | 1577 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Manuel Suárez Maldonado (PSUV) |
| Area | |
• City | 5.4 sq mi (14 km2) |
| Population (2011) | |
• City | 19,162 |
| • Density | 3,500/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| • Metro | 270,792 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Postal Code | 1160 |
| Area code | +58 212 |
| Demonym | Guairno |
| Climate | BSh |
La Guaira (Spanish: [la ˈɣwajɾa] ⓘ) is the capital city of the eponymous state of Venezuela (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port, founded in 1577 as an outlet for nearby Caracas.
The city hosts its own professional baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, the Tiburones de La Guaira. They have won eight national championships since their founding in 1962 and won the Caribbean Series in 2023-24.