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.
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guanta, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2016, learn, when, remove, this, mes. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Guanta news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality Together with Barcelona Puerto La Cruz and Lecheria it forms a conurbation of around 1 2m inhabitants GuantaFlagSealGuantaCoordinates 10 14 18 N 64 35 30 W 10 23833 N 64 59167 W 10 23833 64 59167Country VenezuelaStateAnzoateguiMunicipalityGuanta MunicipalityFounded1594Area Total67 km2 26 sq mi Elevation14 m 46 ft Population 2001 Total35 000 DemonymGuanteno aTime zoneUTC 4 VET Postal code6014Area code0281ClimateBSh 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 References editExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Guanta at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This article about a location in Venezuela is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guanta amp oldid 1097755759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
