Barinas, Barinas

Barinas
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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)

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.

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