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Ciudad Bolívar

South America

Ciudad Bolivar, formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Bolivar State in southeastern Venezuela. It lies at the point where the Orinoco River narrows to about 1.6 kilometers in width, the site of the first bridge across the river, and serves as a major river port for Venezuela's eastern regions.

Facts
Population
422,578 1
Area (sq km)
398.6 2
Founding Year
1764 2
Elevation (m)
54 2
Latitude
8.102853 degrees north 2
Longitude
63.546956 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 5
Sources
1. Ciudad Bolivar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
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422,578
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2. Ciudad Bolivar (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 8.102853, longitude -63.546956
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 54 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 398.6 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1764
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3. GeoNames: Ciudad Bolívar - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
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Elevation ca. 73 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, -63.75
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8.25 -63.75 Aw
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5. GeoNames: Ciudad Bolívar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3645532
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8.12366 -63.54694 P PPLA VE 06 0705 412619 73 America/Caracas
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Wikidata: Ciudad Bolivar
Wikidata Q26906, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Ciudad Bolivar (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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