Guasdualito is a

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and episcopal see in the landlocked Apure State, in southern

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Description

The city is the capital of Páez Municipality, in the Distrito Especial Alto Apure. It has an important location on the border between Venezuela and the city of Arauca in

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for commerce, as well as being the main

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center in the region. It has a population of approximately 100,000 inhabitants per 2014.

Religion

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral (Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen) is dedicated to the

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and is the

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episcopal see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito is a young Latin Catholic suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela in southern Venezuela's land-locked Apure State. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian ...

since December 2015. Cities in Apure {{Venezuela-geo-stub