Guayana
The Guayana Region is one of 9 administrative regions of Venezuela. Historically called Spanish Guiana or simply Guayana, the region is made up of the states of Amazonas, Bolívar, and Delta Amacuro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Delta Amacuro and Ciudad Bolívar.
Delta Amacuro
Delta Amacura is a state in the Guayana region in the far east of Venezuela. Its main geographical feature is the Orinoco River Delta.
Ciudad Bolívar
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Ciudad Bolívar, formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela'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.
Mount Roraima
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Roraima is the highest tepuy on the triple border of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. It is around 2,800 m tall. Its name is derived from 'Roroi-ma,' which in Pemon means 'big blue-green.' The only way visitors can climb to the top is from the Gran Sabana side, in Venezuela.
Destinations to Discover
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Bolívar
Bolívar is a state in southeastern Venezuela. Bolívar is in the southeastern region of the country, or in the Venezuelan Guayana, his name is obviously a homage to the Liberator Simón Bolívar are limits to the north, separated by the Orinoco, with the states…
Amazonas
Amazonas state is a huge state in southern Venezuela. The Amazonas State is located in southern Venezuela, where Bolivar state boundaries to the north, the Republic of Brazil, the state of Bolivar and Brazil to the east and the Republic of Colombia to the west.
Guayana
- Type: Region with 1,920,000 residents
- Description: administrative region of eastern Venezuela
- Also known as: “Gayana”, “Goyana”, “Guayana Region”, “Guayana Region, Venezuela”, “Guiana”, and “Guyana”
- Category: region of Venezuela
- Location: Venezuela, South America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Guayana” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rexón Guayana”
- Basque: “Guayana eskualdea”
- Chinese: “圭亚那区”
- Chinese: “圭亚那高原”
- Chinese: “圭亞納地區”
- Chinese: “圭亞那區”
- Chinese: “蓋亞那區”
- Chinese: “蓋亞那地區”
- Dutch: “Guayana”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Gujano”
- French: “Région du Guayana”
- Galician: “Rexión Güiana”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Guayana”
- Italian: “Guayana del Venezuela”
- Italian: “Guayana venezuelana”
- Italian: “Guiana venezuelana”
- Japanese: “グアヤナ地域”
- Korean: “과야나 지방”
- Portuguese: “Guayana (Venezuela)”
- Portuguese: “Guayana”
- Portuguese: “Região Guayana da Venezuela”
- Spanish: “Guayana Española”
- Spanish: “Guayana”
- Spanish: “Region Guayana”
- Spanish: “Región Guayana”
- Urdu: “گیانا علاقہ، وینیزویلا”
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