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Upata
Upata from Cerro La Virgen
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Nickname(s): Villa del Youcoima ("Yocoima Village") La capital de las mujeres bonitas ("Capital of the beautiful women"
Motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ("Hail Holiest Mary, conceived without sin, in the first instant of Your Natural Being.")
Upata
Coordinates: 8°1′0″N 62°24′0″W / 8.016667°N 62.4°W / 8.016667; -62.4Coordinates: 8°1′0″N 62°24′0″W / 8.016667°N 62.4°W / 8.016667; -62.4
Country	Venezuela
States	Bolivar
Municipalities	Piar Municipality
Founded	July 7, 1762
Government
- Mayor	Guztavo Muniz
Area
- City	1,930 km2 (745.2 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,148 ft)
Population (2001)
- Density	1,431.5/km2 (3,707.6/sq mi)
- Urban	168,856
- Demonym	Upatense
Time zone	VST (UTC-4:30)
- Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC-4:30)
Postal code	8052
Area code(s)	288
Website	Mayor Website (Spanish)

Upata is a Venezuelan city inside the bulk of Guayana at the north of the Bolivar state. It is the capital and more important town of the municipality Piar. Is it located between the basins of the rivers Orinoco and Cuyuní. The name of Upata is an indigenous word, probably of the Kamaracoto ethnic group, who means in Spanish “Rose of the mountain”

Contents 1 Foundation 2 Human Geography 3 Economy 4 Climate

[edit] Foundation

It is known that the first attempt of foundation of Upata became towards 1739, with the name of Our Lady of the Candlemas, as place for the Earth culture on Canary Islands. Nevertheless, Was July 7, 1972 when Fray Antonio de Cervera founded the city with the name of "Village Yocoima of Saint Anthony of Padua" (Villa del yocoima, de San Antonio de Padua)(spanish) , in honor to the italian saint from Padua: Saint Anthony of Padua, when the Capucin missionaries entered Faith Catholic to the region.

[edit] Human Geography

Upata is one of Venezuela's cities which has a large population of Europeans, many of them from Italy, France, Portugal and Spain. By the years 1945 and 1970 about 1,750 Italians, 650 Portuguese, and many other from Spain. Upata's population comprises 48% Whites, 40% Mestizo, 7% Blacks and 5% of Amerindian descent. In recent times have joined small groups of Asian immigrants, (China, Philippines), dedicated to commercial affairs. Some others from Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.

[edit] Economy

Upata is capital of the Municipality Piar of the state Bolivar. Upata is commonly known as a farming and livestock town. The zones near Upata are suitable for raising ranch and the production of bovine meat. The economy of Upata also is sustained in the milk production and the elaboration of the typical cheese of the region "Queso de Mano"spanish

Upata also stands out by its natural beauties, among them: The Stone of Santa Maria, El Toro, and the Guacarapo Hill where it has built a giant concrete statue, symbolizing the peace virgin translated into Spanish as "Virgen de la Paz"

[edit] Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification Upata has a Tropical savanna climate. Upata is also intertropical, with precipitation that varies between 900 and 1,300 millimeters (35–51 in) (annual), in the city proper, and up to 2,000 millimeters (79 in) in some parts of the Mountain range. Average annual temperatures are 26ºC in most of the year. The rains usually begin in November, January and August. Average temperatures are of 19ºC to 17ºC. The warmest month is August with temperatures of 36ºC Max, 26º Min. Recently recorded temperatures of 38ºC to 41ºC. Also recently, there have been colder nights than normal and hail showers. With temperatures of 15ºC.

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