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Country
  
Founded
  
1594

Time zone
  
VST

Local time
  
Monday 10:23 AM

State
  
Elevation
  
8 m (26 ft)

Climate
  
BSh

Population
  
15,000 (2007)

Clarines

Weather
  
30°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 54% Humidity

Clarines is a town in Venezuela's Anzoátegui State, located on the right bank of the Unare River. It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual Municipality. It is located on Venezuela Route 11 (Troncal 11) and Route 9 (Troncal 9). Route 9 connects it to Caracas to the west and Barcelona to the east. The town is 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Puerto La Cruz, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Puerto Piritu. The estimated population was 15,000 in 2007.

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Map of Clarines, Anzo%C3%A1tegui, Venezuela

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History

When the town was officially founded on 7 April 1594 by Francisco de Vides, a Spanish adventurer who came from the Province of Huelva, there was already a Palenques indian village there. The town was named after Our Lady of Los Clarines, the patron saint of Beas in Huelva, Andalusia. In 1650 when the Franciscan monks arrived, Clarines was still essentially an indian village. It was not until the oil boom of the 1960s that Clarines began to change. In 1852, the population of Clarines was 4,289, including 72 people identified as white and 3,321 people identified as indigenous.

Alfredo Armas Alfonzo, Venezuelan historian and critic, was born in Clarines in 1921. Jaime Lusinchi, former president of Venezuela, was born in Clarines in 1924.

Attractions

The Museo de Clarines (museum) has items of historical interest including a collection of armaments.

Economy

The local population practices subsistence farming growing plantains, yuca, beans, china, cotton, cassava, and corn. Until the exploitation of oil, the only exports were cattle and mules. Nowadays, many small companies that service the oil fields operate out of Clarines.

References

Clarines Wikipedia


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