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Ciudad Guayana
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Ciudad Guayana

City in Venezuela, on the south bank of the River Orinoco, population (2007 est) 792,500. This new city in Bolívar state was founded in 1961 by linking the towns of San Félix (the site of the commercial port), Puerto Ordaz, Palúa (the site of a major iron-ore terminal), and Matanzas. Its industries, as well as iron and steel production and the manufacture of tractors, include aluminium smelting, using locally mined bauxite.

By the 1980s, Ciudad Guayana, provided with power by hydroelectricity from the Raíl Leoni Dam, became the main development area in Venezuela. It is planned that eventually the city will hold a population of 1 million.



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