8°22N 62°37W, pop (2000e) 656 400. New city in Bolívar state, E Venezuela, on the Orinoco and Caroní Rivers; founded in 1961 to link the towns of San Félix, Puerto Ordaz, Palúa, and Matanzas; population of 1 million is planned; airfield; railway (freight); commercial port at San Félix; iron-ore loading at Puerto Ordaz; iron-ore terminal at Palúa; hydroelectric power nearby.
Ciudad Guayana is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. The city, officially founded in 1961, is actually composed of the old town of San Felix and the new town of Puerto Ordaz, which lie either side of the Caroní and are connected by three bridges.
History
Ciudad Guayana was founded in 1961 as a project by the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, merging two towns on both of the riversides of the Orinoco, San Félix and Puerto Ordaz as a single city. Since then, many industries have settled in it, since its geographical position gives it many advantages, it's a centerpiece between cities such as Upata and Ciudad Bolívar, two of Bolívar State's most important cities.
Since its foundation it has grown from two fledgling towns into the Guayana region's most important industrial center, and a hub of growth in a typically underpopulated region of Venezuela.
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