Guatire is a city in Miranda,

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. In 2006, its population has been estimated at 200,417. Today, Guatire has virtually merged with its neighbour,

Guarenas Guarenas is a city in Miranda, Venezuela. It was established in 1621 as ''Nuestra Señora de Copacabana de los Guarenas''. It is part of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation On February 27, 1989, a morning protest in this city over the recent nati ...

forming the

Guarenas-Guatire conurbation Guarenas-Guatire conurbation or Guarenas-Guatire metropolitan area ( es, Conurbación Guarenas-Guatire or ''Area Metropolitana de Guarenas-Guatire''), also known as El Nuevo Este de Caracas (''New East of Caracas''), is a conurbation area in ...

. Located in Miranda State, and becoming part of "La gran Caracas" (

Greater Caracas Metropolitan Region of Caracas (MRC) or Greater Caracas (GC) ( es, Región Metropolitana de Caracas; RMC or ''Gran Caracas''; GC) is the urban agglomeration comprising the Metropolitan District of Caracas and the adjacent 11 municipalities over M ...

) because it is near

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

(Venezuela's Capital). San Pedro

Notable people

* Francisco Álvarez , (born 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the

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. *

Rómulo Betancourt Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was the president of Venezuela, serving from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción De ...

,(1908–1981), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", 47th and 54th

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Sara Bendahan Sara Rosa M. Bendahan (1906–1946) was a physician and the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in that country. She was born in Guatire in February 1906, and her parents were Moroccan Jewish immigrants. Biography In September ...

, (1906–1946) was a physician and the first Venezuelan woman to complete her medical degree in that country. * Miguel Pérez, (born 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher for the

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. * Régulo Rico (1877-1960) Musician, Conductor, Composer, Educator. Cities in Miranda (state) {{MirandaVE-geo-stub