Petare

Dulce Nombre de Jesús de Petare is a neighborhood in , Venezuela, and is part of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. It is located in the , one of the five divisions of .
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 365,000 residents
  • Description: city in Caracas Miranda, Venezuela
  • Also known as: Boleita Norte” and “Casco de Petare

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cines Unidos and La Casona.

Movie theater
is a Venezuelan chain founded on June 13, 1947. It is located in 10 cities and has 169 screens in 20 complexes, making it the chain with the largest number of screens in the country and the second largest in terms of number of cinemas, after .

Government office
, since 13 December 2019 the headquarters of the Centro Cultural Aquiles Nazoa in La Carlota neighborhood of Caracas, was the official residence of the president of Venezuela from 1966 to 2012. replaced as the official residence, although some government official events and ceremonies are still held here in .

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Petare is a Caracas Metro station on Line 1. It was opened on 10 November 1989 as part of the extension of Line 1 from to Palo Verde. The station is between and . The station is located in the city of Petare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Hatillo and El Cafetal.

is a beautiful pueblo on the outskirts on . It is known for its colorful houses and good restaurants. There is a small park, where many events take place, as well as very interesting shops and places to eat surrounding the park.

Suburb
is a neighborhood located in the of , .

Suburb
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 6 km west of Petare.

Petare

Latitude
10.4768° or 10° 28′ 37″ north
Longitude
-66.8082° or 66° 48′ 29″ west
Population
365,000
Elevation
846 metres (2,776 feet)
Open location code
772MF5GR+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9124089870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
3630297
Wiki­data ID
Q983946
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Petare” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيتاري
  • Basque: Petare
  • Bengali: প্লাতারে
  • Bulgarian: Петаре
  • Cebuano: Petare
  • Chinese: 佩塔雷
  • Danish: Petare
  • Dutch: Petare
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيتارى
  • Esperanto: Petare
  • Finnish: Petare
  • French: Petare
  • Georgian: პეტარე
  • German: Petare
  • Greek: Πετάρε
  • Gujarati: પેટરે
  • Hindi: पेटारे
  • Indonesian: Petare
  • Irish: Petare
  • Italian: Petare
  • Japanese: ペタレ
  • Kannada: ಪೆಟರೆ
  • Korean: 페타레
  • Latvian: Petare
  • Lithuanian: Petarė
  • Malay: Petare
  • Marathi: पेटारे
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Petare
  • Norwegian: Petare
  • Polish: Petare
  • Portuguese: Petare
  • Russian: Петаре
  • Serbo-Croatian: Petare
  • Sinhala: පෙටරේ
  • Slovenian: Petare
  • Spanish: Parroquia Petare
  • Spanish: Petare
  • Swedish: Petare
  • Tamil: பெட்டாரே
  • Telugu: పేటరే
  • Thai: พีทาเร่
  • Turkish: Petare
  • Ukrainian: Петаре
  • Urdu: پیتاری
  • Vietnamese: Petare
  • Waray (Philippines): Petare

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Petare”. Photo: Kinori, Public domain.