Guanare

Guanare is the capital and most populated city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. It is where la Virgen de Coromoto is said to have appeared to a Coromoto Indian.

Guanare was founded on 3 November 1591 by João Fernandes de Leão Pacheco (1543–1593), a Portuguese captain from Portimão.

Located at the edge of the Southwestern floodplains, near the Andes foothills, Guanare is in a region known for livestock and agricultural production. Guanare is also the location of one of the campuses of UNELLEZ

Notable people

 * Javier Bertucci, philanthropist and businessman
 * Ivian Sarcos, Miss World 2011
 * Martín Pérez, baseballer
 * Ernesto Mejía (Baseballer)