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Definition: Caracas from Philip's Encyclopedia

Capital of Venezuela, on the River Guaire. Caracas was under Spanish rule until 1821. It was the birthplace of Simón Bolívar. The city grew after 1930, encouraged by the exploitation of oil. It has the Central University of Venezuela (1725) and a cathedral (1614). Industries: motor vehicles, oil, brewing, chemicals, rubber. Pop. (2005) 3,276,000.


Caracas

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘră'kӘs, kӘrä'–, Span. kärä'käs), city (1990 pop. 1,824,892), Federal Dist., N Venezuela, the capital and largest city of the country, near the Caribbean Sea. Its port is La Guaira . With an elevation of c.3,100 ft (945 m), Caracas has a pleasant climate, which contributed to making it rather than Valencia the economic and political center of Spanish colonization in Venezuela. Caracas is the commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of the nation. As a result of the oil boom of the 1950s the city expanded prodigiously. Enormous sums were spent on public works, notably the futuristic University City, school construction, slum clearance projects, a new aqueduct, and an impressive highway cloverleaf, known to Caracans as “the octopus.” The symbol of the new Caracas is the twin-towered complex housing government offices known as Centro Bolívar. The city has a noted contemporary art museum, and a colossal shopping center, the Helicoid, was built on a hill outside the city. Rapid population…
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From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
Municipalities of Greater Caracas
The city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, lies nine degrees north of the equator, on the northeastern coast of South America. From colonial times until the mid-twentieth century the built environment of Venezuela’s capital fit inside the narrow, east–west, Caracas Valley, some eight miles south of…
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From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Early Modern Latin America (1820s to 1900)
Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. It is located in a valley within the Andes mountain system, approximately 10 miles (16 km) from the Caribbean coast. Caracas is the largest city in Venezuela and is one of the country's main economic and political centers. The city was founded in 1567 by…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘră'kӘs, kӘrä'–, Span. kärä'käs), city (1990 pop. 1,824,892), Federal Dist., N Venezuela, the capital and largest city of the country, near the Caribbean Sea. Its port is La Guaira . With an elevation of c.3,100 ft (945 m), Caracas has a pleasant climate, which contributed to making it rather than…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Chief city and capital of Venezuela , situated in the Central Highlands of the Andes Mountains 900 m/2,950 ft above sea level, 13 km/8 mi south of its port La Guaira on the Caribbean coast; population (2000 est) 1,975,800; Federal District, including Vargas state (2000 est) 2,284,900. Main…
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Full text Article Caracas earthquake

From Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The March 26, 1812, earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela may have been two events with an estimated magnitude of 7.7. They struck at 4:07 and 4:37 P.M., destroyed about 90% of the city and are thought to have killed some 10,000 people in the city itself, plus another 5,000 or so in the surrounding area. …
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Full text Article Caracas, 1900 to present

From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Modern Latin America (1900 to the Present)
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela and the Federal District that was created in 1909. Caracas sits in a narrow valley about 15 miles (24 km) long in the country's northern sector. In 2016 an estimated 2.1 million people resided in the Capital District and another 3 million in the metropolitan area…
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Full text Article Caracas during the colonial era

From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Colonial Latin America (1550s to 1820s)
After two earlier efforts to establish Spanish towns in the area, in 1567 Diego de Losada and 136 followers founded the town of Santiago de León de Caracas some 3,000 feet (914 m) above sea level in a rich valley south of the Coastal Range. The nearby indigenous peoples were distributed in…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop. 2001: 1,836,000), capital of Venezuela. Its Caribbean Sea port is La Guaira. Lying at an elevation of about 3,000 ft (900 m), Caracas is one of the most developed cities in Latin America. It was founded in 1567 by Diego de Losada. It is the birthplace of…
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Full text Article Real Compañía Guipúzcoana de Caracas

From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Colonial Latin America (1550s to 1820s)
Created in 1728 as a joint stock company with a monopoly on legal trade between Spain and Venezuela, the Royal Guipúzcoana Company of Caracas facilitated the development of Caracas into Venezuela's most important city. Based in San Sebastián in the Basque province of Guipúzcoa, the Real Compañía…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
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