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Guasdualito

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Country
  
Venezuela

Founded
  
1770/1

Time zone
  
VST

Local time
  
Saturday 5:09 AM

Municipality
  
Páez, Apure

State
  
Apure

Elevation
  
125 m (410 ft)

Postal code
  
5063

Area code
  
0278

Number of airports
  
1

Guasdualito

Weather
  
26°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 62% Humidity

Guasdualito is a city and episcopal see in the landlocked Apure State, in southern Venezuela.

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Map of Guasdualito, Apure, Venezuela

Description

The city is the capital of Páez Municipality, in the Distrito Especial Alto Apure.

It has an important location on the border between Venezuela and the city of Arauca in Colombia for commerce, as well as being the main petroleum center in the region.

It has a population of approximately 100,000 inhabitants per 2014.

Religion

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen) is dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy and is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito since December 2015.

References

Guasdualito Wikipedia