Guarenas

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Nickname(s): Guarenas

Guarenas

Location in Venezuela

Coordinates: 10°27′59″N 66°37′00″W / 10.46639°N 66.61667°W

Country

Founded

February 14, 1621

Government

• Mayor

Rodolfo sanz

Area

• Total

142 km² (55 sq mi)

Elevation

374 m (1,227 ft)

Population (2011)

• Total

200,417

• Density

1,411/km² (3,650/sq mi)

HLV (UTC-4:00)

1220

+58 212

Website

http://alcaldiadeplaza.gob.ve/

Coordinates: 10°28′N 66°37′W / 10.467°N 66.617°W / 10.467; -66.617

Guarenas is a city in Miranda, Venezuela. It was established in 1621 as Nuestra Señora de Copacabana de los Guarenas. It is part of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation

On February 27, 1989, a morning protest in this city over the recent nationwide hike in bus fares, spread to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, which resulted in several days of rioting known today as the Caracazo.

Today, Guarenas has virtually merged with its neighbor, Guatire. As of 2006, its population has been estimated at 185,010.

The Curupao Power Plant, which was inaugurated in 1933, still provides electricity to Guarenas and Guatire. The state also owned movie production facilities, as the Villa del Cine is situated in the city.

The February 14, 1621 was established as a people indigenous doctrine. Due to the opposition of the encomenderos construction began two years later, in 1623, forced by an order issued by the Real Hearing of Santo Domingo, in order that the provision of the king of Spain Felipe III is fulfilled, in that where indigenous peoples live under the supervision of a doctrinaire priest, to end the abuses committed against them encomenderos were built. Previous to this royal decree natural inhabitants of the estates of their trustees, which facilitated the abuses committed against them, and that made them work all week in the planting of the trustees not provided them land to sow for them and they did not recognize their day of rest nor religious holidays, to all of which the trustees were obliged by Spanish law, as well inflicting physical abuse him like slaves. The foundation originally took place in the mountains of Mariche, on a site that later became known as "El Rodeo". There the founding ceremony of the "Indian Village" was held called Our Lady of Copacabana of Guarenas, the site where would the square and the church as well as the stables of the population are marked.

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