Ciudad Bolivar

Ciudad Bolívar
City of Venezuela
Ciudad Bolívar
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Nickname(s): La puerta del sur de Venezuela (English:"The gate to southern Venezuela")
Motto: No encontrarás otra de más variada riqueza (English:"You won't find another with such a variety of wealth")
Heres Municipality in Bolívar State
Country	Venezuela
State	Bolívar
Municipality	Heres
Founded	22 May 1764
Government
• Mayor	Sergio Hernández (PSUV)
Area
• Total	209,52 km2 (8,090 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population (380.953)
• Total	350,691
• Density	1,633.63/km2 (4,231.1/sq mi)
• Demonym	Bolivarense
Time zone	VST (UTC– 4:30)
Postal code	8001
Area code(s)	0285
Climate	Aw
Website	Official Site.
The area and population figures are for the city.

Ciudad Bolívar (Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað βoˈliβar]; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about 1 mile (1.6 km) in width, is the site of the first bridge across the river, and is a major riverport for the eastern regions of Venezuela.

Historic Angostura gave its name to the Congress of Angostura, to the Angostura tree, and to Angostura bitters. Modern Ciudad Bolívar has a well-preserved historic center; a cathedral and other original colonial buildings surround the Plaza Bolívar.

The city was founded in 1764 as San Tomas de la Nueva Guayana or Santo Tomé de Guayana de Angostura del Orinoco, named in honor of its diocese and for its position at the first narrows of the Orinoco River. Ciudad Bolívar was the site of the Congress of Angostura from 1819 to 1821. It was responsible for the creation of Gran Colombia in its first year of operation.Angostura bitters were invented in the city in 1824, although the company which produced them later moved to Trinidad and Tobago.

The city was renamed in honor of Simon Bolivar in 1846.

The Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto was a native of the city. The Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art, named in his honor and designed by Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, was opened in 1973.

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