Guayana
Bolívar
Heres Municipality

Ciudad Bolívar

Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of 's southeastern Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about 1 mile in width, is the site of the first bridge across the river, and is a major riverport for the eastern regions of Venezuela.
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  • Type: City with 568,000 residents
  • Description: city in Bolívar, Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Angostura” and “Ciudad Bolivar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomás de Heres Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an airport serving Ciudad Bolívar, the capital of the state of . The airport is named in honor of Tomás de Heres, a hero of Latin American independence and governor of Venezuela's former Guayana Province.

Ciudad Bolívar

Latitude
8.1029° or 8° 6′ 10″ north
Longitude
-63.547° or 63° 32′ 49″ west
Population
568,000
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
IATA airport code
CBL
United Nations Location Code
VE CBL
Open location code
67WR4F33+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313508522
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3645532
Wiki­data ID
Q26906
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Ciudad Bolívar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوباتا”
  • Arabic: “سيوداد بوليفار”
  • Aragonese: “Ciudat Bolívar”
  • Aragonese: “Santo Tomé de Guayana”
  • Aragonese: “Ziudá Bolívar”
  • Aragonese: “Ziudat Bolívar”
  • Armenian: “Սյուդադ Բոլիվար”
  • Asturian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Basque: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Belarusian: “Ангастура”
  • Belarusian: “Сьюдад-Балівар”
  • Bengali: “সিউদাদ বোলিভার”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиудад Боливар”
  • Catalan: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Cebuano: “Ciudad Bolívar (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Chinese: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Chinese: “玻利瓦尔城”
  • Chuvash: “Сьюдад-Боливар”
  • Croatian: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Croatian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Czech: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Danish: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Danish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Dutch: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Dutch: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيوداد بوليفار”
  • Esperanto: “Bolívar”
  • Esperanto: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Finnish: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Finnish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • French: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • French: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Galician: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Georgian: “სიუდად ბოლივარი”
  • Georgian: “სიუდად-ბოლივარი”
  • German: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • German: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Greek: “Σιουδάδ Μπολίβαρ”
  • Gujarati: “સિઉદાદ બોલિવર”
  • Gujarati: “સિયુદાદ બોલિવર”
  • Hebrew: “סיודד בוליבר”
  • Hindi: “सिउदाद बोलिवर”
  • Hungarian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Indonesian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Irish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Italian: “Angostura”
  • Italian: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Italian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Japanese: “アンゴストゥーラ”
  • Japanese: “シウダ・ボリバル”
  • Japanese: “シウダー・ボリーバル”
  • Japanese: “シウダー・ボリバール”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಯುಡಾಡ್ ಬೋಲಿವರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Сьюдад-Боливар”
  • Korean: “시우다드 볼리바르”
  • Korean: “시우다드볼리바르”
  • Latin: “Civitas Bolivarensis”
  • Latvian: “Sjudadbolivara”
  • Lithuanian: “Siudad Bolivaras”
  • Macedonian: “Боливар”
  • Macedonian: “Сиудад Боливар”
  • Macedonian: “Сјудад Боливар”
  • Malagasy: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Malay: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Marathi: “किउदाद बोलिवर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolívar by”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Norwegian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Ossetian: “Сьюдад-Боливар”
  • Papiamento: “Siudat Bolívar”
  • Persian: “سیوداد بولیوار”
  • Polish: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Polish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Portuguese: “Angostura”
  • Portuguese: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Portuguese: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Quechua: “Bolívar llaqta”
  • Romanian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Russian: “Ангостура”
  • Russian: “Сьюдад-Боливар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Sinhala: “සියුඩඩ් බොලිවර්”
  • Sinhala: “සියුඩාඩ් බොලිවර්, වෙනිසියුලාව”
  • Slovak: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Slovenian: “Angostura”
  • Slovenian: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Slovenian: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Spanish: “Angostura”
  • Spanish: “Bolívar”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Swahili: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Swahili: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Swedish: “Angostura”
  • Swedish: “Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela”
  • Swedish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Tamil: “குடாட் பொலிவார்”
  • Tamil: “சியூடாட் பொலிவார்”
  • Tamil: “சுடாட் பொலிவார்”
  • Tatar: “Сьюдад-Боливар”
  • Telugu: “సియుడాడ్ బొలివర్”
  • Telugu: “సియుడాడ్ బోలివర్”
  • Telugu: “సివుదాద్ బొలివర్”
  • Thai: “ซิวดัด โบลีวาร์”
  • Thai: “ซิอูดัด โบลิว่าร์”
  • Turkish: “Ciudad Bolivar”
  • Turkish: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьюдад-Болівар”
  • Urdu: “سیوداد بولیبار”
  • Venetian: “Sità Bolívar”
  • Vietnamese: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Volapük: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad Bolívar”
  • Welsh: “Ciudad Bolívar”
  • Wu Chinese: “玻利瓦尔城”
  • “Āltepētl Bolívar”

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