Petare (Caracas)
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La Dolorita /
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Petare is a city in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the urban area of Caracas. It is the located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under the name of San Jose de Guanarito. It grew to become a part of the greater Caracas area as the latter expanded in area and population.
The city is traditionally considered to be a suburb of Caracas, but has developed its own commercial core. Two universities are located in Petare: Universidad Santa Maria and Universidad Metropolitana. Poverty remains a major limitation to the city's development. The population of Petare is 369,000
The city is traditionally considered to be a suburb of Caracas, but has developed its own commercial core. Two universities are located in Petare: Universidad Santa Maria and Universidad Metropolitana. Poverty remains a major limitation to the city's development. The population of Petare is 369,000
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petare
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Coordinates: 10°28'31"N 66°47'35"W
- Terrazas de Guaicoco 0.5 km
- Res. Villa María Gracia 0.6 km
- Residencias Ávila Humboldt 0.6 km
- Residencias Flamingo 1 km
- Terrazas de Guaicoco - Los Samanes 1 km
- Dynamis 3.7 km
- Conjunto Residencial La Neblina 5.3 km
- Karimao Country 5.4 km
- REDOMA DE LA "A" 5.9 km
- Sector Urbanizadora Loma Verita 8.2 km
- Petare 0.1 km
- Urbanización Palo Verde 0.6 km
- centro comercial palo verde plaza 0.6 km
- Iglesia San Rafael 0.7 km
- Res. Las Nieves 0.8 km
- Petare Sur 1.1 km
- C.C. TIABU 1.4 km
- La Dolorita 2.7 km
- Sucre Municipality 2.8 km
- El Ávila National Park 18 km
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