San José de Guanipa (), also known as El Tigrito, is a city in the state of

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. It is the capital of Guanipa Municipality. Officially founded in 1910, it was previously a settlement of the Kali'na people. JESÚS GRAU ORTEGA, ''

El Progreso El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the eas ...

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El Tigre El Tigre () is a city of Venezuela located in the state Anzoátegui. It is the capital of Simón Rodríguez Municipality and it is located south in Anzoategui state, equidistant from the Orinoco River and the Caribbean Sea in the Guanipa Mesa at ...

and the oil camp of San Tomé. Like the Guanipa River, the city is named for the Kali'na

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Guanipa.

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Cities in Anzoátegui Populated places established in 1910 {{Venezuela-geo-stub