Guasdualito

Guasdualito
Guasdualito Guasdualito
Coordinates: 07°14′48″N 70°43′45″W
Country	Venezuela
State	Apure
Municipality	Páez Municipality
Founded	1770/1
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population
• Total	105,000
• Demonym	Guasdualiteño/a
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal code	5063
Area code	0278
Climate	Aw

Guasdualito is a city and episcopal see in the landlocked Apure State, in southern Venezuela.

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 Colombia for commerce, as well as being the main petroleum 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 Virgin of Mercy and is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito since December 2015.