| LC control no. | n 80108920 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Barinas (Venezuela) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Venezuela--Barinas |
| Variant(s) | Altamira de Cáceres (Venezuela) |
| Beginning date | 15770630 |
| Found in | La Barinas de anteayer, de ayer y de hoy ... 1958 GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 08°37ʹ45ʺN 070°12ʹ26ʺW) Wikipedia, May 13, 2014 (Barinas; is a city in west central Venezuela. According to the 2011 census, its population is 353,442. It is the capital of the Barinas Municipality and the State of Barinas. The city of Barinas is known as the capital of Los Llanos. The original city was founded under the name Altamira de Caceres [no publications in LC database] on June 30, 1577 by Captain Juan Andres Varela fulfilling orders of the governor of La Grita Francisco de Cáceres, who had founded this Andean city and established it governorate in 1576. In 1786 Barinas state was established in the territories of the existing states of Barinas and Apure. The city became the capital of the state and an important bastion of the patriots during the War of Independence. Cristóbal Mendoza, the first President of Venezuela, lived and practiced his profession in Barinas) |
| Geographic area code | s-ve--- |
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