Barinas, Barinas

Barinas (Spaingie pronunciation: [baˈɾinas]) is a ceety in wast central Venezuela. Accordin tae the 2011 census, its population is 353,442. It is the caipital o the Barinas Municipality an the State o Barinas. The ceety o Barinas is kent as the caipital o Los Llanos.

Barinas
Ceety
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Barinas
Coordinates: 08°38′N 70°12′W
Kintra	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Municipality	Barinas Municipality
Foondit	30 Juin 1577
Govrenment
• Mayor	Abunto Sanchez Rodriguez
Area
• Total	322.71 km2 (124.60 sq mi)
Elevation	187 m (614 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	353,442
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4:30 (VST)
Postal code	5201
Area code(s)	0273
Demonym	Barinés
Website	www.barinas.net.ve (in Spaingie)

History

The oreeginal ceety wis foondit unner the name Altamira de Caceres on 30 Juin 1577 bi Caiptain Juan Andres Varela fulfillin orders o the govrenor o La Grita Francisco de Cáceres, who haed foondit this Andean ceety an established it govrenorate in 1576.

In 1786 Barinas state wis established in the territories o the existin states o Barinas an Apure. The ceety became the caipital o the state an a important bastion o the patriots durin the War o Unthirldom. Cristóbal Mendoza, the first Preses o Venezuela, livit an practicit his profeesion in Barinas.

Etymology

The name o the ceety comes frae an indigenous wird which identifies a strong wind that occurs during the rainy saison, frae the valleys o Santo Domingo.

Geografie

The ceety is locatit in the northwast pairt o the state, alang the river Santo Domingo in the Andean fuithills aboot 165 km frae the ceety o Mérida an 525 km frae Caracas. The ceety haes aboot 270,000 indwallers an is the maist populous in the state o Barinas an ane o the lairgest Venezuelan llanos ceeties alangside Calabozo, Acarigua-Araure, Guanare an San Fernando de Apure. The ceety is locatit aboot 188 metres abuin sea level.

Economy

LAI - Línea Aérea IAACA, an airline, haed its heidquairters on the grunds o Barinas Airport in Barinas.

Transport

The ceety haes bus transportation, consistin o 5 lines that run throuoot the ceety wi ower 80 different routes. It haes a lairge nummer o taxis or rental caurs providin addeetional transportation services in the ceety an aw.

Barinas Internaitional Airport, serves Barinas wi its twa runweys in the form o the letter "L".

Sichts

• The Marques Palace
• Museum Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
• Cathedral o Oor Lady o Pilar o Zaragoza an Santiago
• Santo Domingo River
• Squares: Student's Square, Bolivar Square, Zamora Square, Francisco de Miranda Square, Poet's Square
• Walk o the Trujillanos
• The Federation Pairk
• Los Mangos Pairk
• Business Centers: C.C. Cima, C.C. El Dorado, C.C. Forum, C.C. Vemeca.
• Olympic Stadium Agustin Tovar "La Carolina"
• Botanical Garden o Unellez
• Punto Fresco Roundabout
• The hoose o Brutalis

Ezequiel Zamora Square

See an aw

• Leet o ceeties in Venezuela

Freemit airtins

• Portal o Barinas state Archived 2021-02-13 at the Wayback Machine