Ciudad Guayana is a planned industrial city in Bolivar State, Venezuela, stretching about 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river at the point where it meets the Caroni River. Built up rapidly from the 1960s onward around the country's iron, steel and hydroelectric industries, drawing on power from the nearby Guri Dam, the city was formed by merging the older settlements of San Félix and Puerto Ordaz into Venezuela's leading center of heavy industry.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding YearFounded by the 1961 merger of the older town of San Felix, whose own history reaches back to the eighteenth century, with the newer Puerto Ordaz area. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Ciudad Guayana (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: area_total_km2
378.59
Infobox: population_total
978202
Infobox: population_as_of
2022
Infobox coordinates field
8°22′N 62°39′W / 8.367°N 62.650°W
Lead section
Ciudad Guayana was officially founded in 1961 by the unification of two former settlements, but the modern history of San Félix can be traced back to the eighteenth century.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Ciudad Guayana (World Sites Atlas)
World Sites AtlasCity elevation figureQuote, City elevation figure
103 m/338 ft. above sea level
Wikidata: Ciudad Guayana
Wikidata Q507080, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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