Puerto Ayacucho

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Puerto Ayacucho is a Venezuelan city, capital of the Amazonas state, being the largest town in the state, it was founded on December 9, 1924, by the engineer-geologist Santiago Aguerreverre. It has a population, according to the 2011 census, of 125,840 inhabitants. It is located on the right bank of the Orinoco River in front of the Colombian corregimiento of Casuarito; north of the state in the Atures municipality.

Its inhabitants are mostly mestizos, the result of a mixture between indigenous people and Europeans, mainly Spanish. Some indigenous ethnic groups that live in communities surrounding the capital are: the Yanomami, Baré, Wotuja, Jiwi, and the Yekuanas.

History

Puerto Ayacucho began to be built in 1924 at the initiative of the regime of Juan Vicente Gómez, put on alert about the strategic riches of the region, and was officially founded on December 9, 1928, in commemoration of the Battle of Ayacucho, by the engineer and geologist Santiago Aguerrevere. With this, it replaced San Fernando de Atabapo, which had been the administrative center of this old district, then a province, later a federal territory and finally a state. Located on a huge black granite rock, facing the Colombian shoreline, the city is today the most important town in Amazonas and a river port that brings together the economic activity of the area.

Area close to the indigenous market in the center of Puerto Ayacucho.

The house on the stone. Puerto Ayacucho, Amazon. Venezuela 01

Access routes

Two national highways connect it with the rest of the country. The first is Troncal 12, via Caicara del Orinoco. The second is Trunk 2, via San Fernando de Apure, which intercepts Trunk 12 in the vicinity of Puerto Páez, Apure State.

The city has a national airport, the Cacique Aramare Airport, located to the south of the city. It currently provides commercial services through the national airline Conviasa, which has 1 daily flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport (Maiquetía). Local flights depart from the Cacique Aramare Airport to other populated centers of the State, such as San Juan de Manapiare, Maroa, San Fernando de Atabapo, San Carlos de Río Negro and La Esmeralda.

Tourist areas

Jungle slide: it is a great lax (rock) where the water runs forming a natural slide that ends in a cold water pot.
Plaza "Rómulo Betancourt": popularly known as "Plaza de Los Indios", is a place where indigenous people flock to sell their handicrafts.
The ethnological Museum of Amazonas "Monseñor Enzo Ceccarelli": where the history is detailed from the arrival of the missionaries to this day.
Cathedral "María Auxiliadora": built in 1952, in whose interior there is a huge oil-painted Christ.
Indigenous Market.
Bolivar Square.
Cold Mountain.
Tourist center the black pearl
Raudales de Atures and Maipures.
The Mirador of Monte Bello.
Spas: Blue Pozo, Crystal Pozo, Los Marquez, Las Tinajas.

Climate

Average climate parameters of Puerto Ayacucho
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Average temperature (°C)	34.4	36.4	38.3	35.5	32.5	30.3	30.1	31.0	31.9	32.7	33.2	33.5	33.3
Average temperature (°C)	28.6	29.3	29.6	28.6	27.3	26.5	26.3	26.7	27.2	27.7	28.0	28.1	27.8
Temp. medium (°C)	22.7	23.2	23.7	23.6	23.1	22.3	21.3	22.4	22.5	22.7	22.8	22.7	22.8
Rains (mm)	31	36	74	163	311	408	398	298	198	183	127	42	2269
Rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)	2.8	2.9	5.1	11.3	18.2	22.3	22.4	19.5	14.8	13.9	9.4	5.0	147.6
Hours of sun	275.9	254.3	248.0	177.0	151.9	129.0	145.7	155.0	168.0	201.5	222.0	260.4	2388.7
Relative humidity (%)	72.4	70.3	72.3	72.8	74.3	75.8	74.5	72.1	71.3	73.4	72.8	72.8	72.9
Source No. 1: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMEH)
Source No. 2: Hong Kong Observatory (sun only)