Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela

Orinokia Mall Center, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
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Ciudad Guayana is a city in Bolívar State in eastern Venezuela. It has a population of around a million people. The city is on the southern bank of the Orinoco River, straddling the Caroní River. It is an important river port opening through the Orinoco Delta into the Atlantic Ocean.

Ciudad Guayana is relative young, have been established only in 1961 by merging two existing cities, San Félix on the eastern bank of the Caroní and Puerto Ordaz on the western bank.

The founding of Ciudad Guayana created a major industrial center in eastern Venezuela. The creation of Ciudad Guayana was in the hand of a team of planners from MIT and Harvard. Despite the best brains, the city planning has been criticised by some for its disregard to the existing social, economic, cultural and climatological need of the existing cities.

Guri Dam, Venezuela
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Visiting Ciudad Guayana

Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport (PZO) is the airport serving Ciudad Guayana. It receives flights from Barcelona (Venezuela), Caracas, Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar and Valencia (Venezuela), among others.

Places of Interest in Ciudad Guayana

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