El Tigre

Nickname(s): "Gerencia, Eficiencia y Humildad"
(English:"Management, Efficiency and Humility)

El Tigre

El tigre in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela

Coordinates: 08°53′10″N 64°15′40″W / 8.88611°N 64.26111°WCoordinates: 08°53′10″N 64°15′40″W / 8.88611°N 64.26111°W

Simón Rodríguez Municipality

Founded

February 23, 1933

Government

• Mayor

Jesús Figuera (PSUV)

Area

• Total

703 km² (271 sq mi)

Elevation

265 m (869 ft)

Population (2013)

• Total

206,946

• Density

290/km² (760/sq mi)

• Demonym

Tigrense

Time zone

VST (UTC-4:30)

• Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC-4:30)

Postal code

6050

Area code(s)

0283

Climate

Website

www.eltigre.gob.ve

The area and population figures are for the municipality

El Tigre (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈtiɣɾe]) is a city of Venezuela located in the state Anzoátegui. It is the capital of municipality Simón Rodríguez and is located south of Anzoategui state, equidistant from the Orinoco River and the Caribbean Sea in the table Guanipa, crossed by the Tigre River, a 285 m altitude; with an average temperature of 79 °F and an annual average rainfall of 1,200 mm. One nearby tourist destination is the Chimire Cliffs.

El Tigre also is in full conurbation with the city of San Jose de Guanipa, capital of the Municipality Guanipa whose population according to data from the CNE is 84.526 inhabitants. Both cities are in practice one whose population would be 291.472 .

Since the appointment of Orinoco Belt as one of the largest reserves of oil in the world, Tiger has become one of the most important cities in Venezuela because it is very near or on the edge this oil belt in Anzoategui state. Thus El Tigre currently shows an increase in the establishment of companies of services to the oil industry that is constantly growing and have also been presented innunmerables construction projects for new shopping malls, business buildings or towers and other works for the significant activation of tourism.

El Tigre was founded on February 23, 1933. The city started when oil companies found oil in El Tigre and established their offices in Campo Oficina.

The Simón Rodríguez Municipality, according to the 2011 Venezuelan census, has a population of 194.858 (up from 155.178 in 2000). This amounts to 12.4% of Anzoátegui's population.

About the territorial extension of the municipality in which the city is located, it is 702 km2 and delimited by the following territories:

Northeast: borders the municipalities Pedro Maria Freites and San Jose de Guanipa. South: bordering the municipality Francisco de Miranda. East: borders the municipality San Jose de Guanipa. West: bordering the municipality Francisco de Miranda. Southeast: municipalities bordering San Jose de Guanipa and Independencia.

The climate is of savannah and temperatures ranging between 68 °F (20 degrees C) and 96.8 °F (37 degrees C), with an average of 80.6 °F (27 degrees C) approximate.

La Voz de EL Tigre tt was the first radio station in amplitude modulated (AM) installed in the city, by Don Carlos Poleo, the January 9, 1948.

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