Guarenas
city in Venezuela
Guarenas is a city in Miranda, Venezuela. It was established in 1621 as Nuestra Señora de Copacabana de los Guarenas. It is part of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation.
On February 27, 1989, a morning protest in this city over the recent nationwide hike in bus fares spread to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, which resulted in several days of rioting known today as the Caracazo.
Today, Guarenas has virtually merged with its neighbor, Guatire. As of 2006, its population has been estimated at 185,010.
The Curupao Power Plant, which was inaugurated in 1933, still provides electricity to Guarenas and Guatire. The state also owned movie production facilities, as the Villa del Cine is situated in the city.
History
On February 14, 1621, Guarenas was established as an indigenous mission town (pueblo de doctrina). Due to opposition from the encomenderos, the town was not formally established until 1623, by an order issued by the Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo, in order to comply with a decree issued by King Philip III of Spain, requiring Indigenous people to live under the supervision of a missionary priest, to end the abuses committed against them by the encomenderos.
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