Guanta

Guanta
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Guanta
Coordinates: 10°14′18″N 64°35′30″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Anzoátegui
Municipality	Guanta Municipality
Founded	1594
Area
• Total	67 km^2 (26 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	35,000
• Demonym	Guanteño/a
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal code	6014
Area code	0281
Climate	BSh

Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality. Together with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Lechería it forms a conurbation of around 1.2m inhabitants.

The town is named for the cacique Guantar of the Cumanagoto people, the indigenous inhabitants of the area at the time of the Spanish conquest. Formally founded in 1594, it was already an indigenous settlement before this time.

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External links

• Media related to Guanta at Wikimedia Commons