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Place in Anzoátegui, Venezuela

Guanta

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Guanta

Coordinates: 10°14′18″N 64°35′30″W﻿ / ﻿10.23833°N 64.59167°W﻿ / 10.23833; -64.59167
Country|  Venezuela
State| Anzoátegui
Municipality| Guanta Municipality
Founded| 1594
Area

• Total

| 67 km2 (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.

## See also

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* List of cities and towns in Venezuela

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## External links

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* Media related to Guanta at Wikimedia Commons

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