Tucupita

Tucupita or San José de Tucupita, name of foundation, is a Venezuelan city, capital of the Tucupita municipality and Delta Amacuro state. It was founded on July 31, 1848 by people from the island of Margarita. This city experienced a boom from 1933 thanks to oil exploitation that continued until the early 1960s.

Currently, administrative and commercial services, sawmills and refineries of the nearby oil fields have been installed, which is why Tucupita concentrates 84.0% of the municipality's population. By 2011 it had 86,487 inhabitants.

Contrasts the integration between the ancestral culture of the Waraos and the mestizo culture formed from the discovery of Venezuelan territory by Christopher Columbus.

General data

History

Municipality Tucupita.

Visit of President Rafael Caldera to the Municipal Council of Tucupita, 1970.

The first inhabitants of what is now Tucupita were the Waraos Indians, who used the word that describes unstable soils to name the area.

The English privateer Sir Walter Raleigh already showed in the XVI century the existence of a populated settlement which he alludes to as Tucupity Village. On July 31, 1848, the city was officially founded by settlers from the Isla de Margarita, who decided to settle on the eastern shore of the Mánamo channel.

On January 24, 1888, it received the title of capital of the Delta Federal Territory, but between 1901 and 1905 it was displaced by San José de Amacuro. From 1933 until the mid-1960s, the city experienced a major oil boom.

On August 3, 1991, Delta Amacuro passed from federal territory to state status, thus raising Tucupita's category as the capital of a regional entity.

Location

It is located 110 km from the coast on the eastern shore of the Mánamo channel, where it joins the small and sinuous Tucupita channel, which runs east and empties into the Atlantic.

The distance to the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, is 717 km.

Flora and fauna

Dawn at the Orinoco Delta.

Delta Amacuro consists almost entirely of Orinoco River delta swamps. Hot and humid Tucupita lies well into the delta, within the Caño Mánamo (one of the two largest branches of the Orinoco delta). It is approached by a path that runs along the top of a gigantic barrier built in the 1960s to form dry land. The project is considered by many to have failed, as an ecological disruption has been created by the lack of salt water from the delta.

Despite being an enormous reservoir of flora and fauna, as a consequence of the discovery of oil deposits in the western zone, substantial ecological damage has been produced.

Temperature

The annual average temperature of Tucupita is 29.1 °C.

Climate

Average Tucupita climate parameters
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Temp. max. abs. (°C)	38	40	41	38	42	40	38	39	40	42	39	41	43
Average temperature (°C)	32	33	34	32	36	34	32	31	31	36	31	34	33
Average temperature (°C)	27	30	30	29	35	29	28	28	27	27	29	31	29.2
Temp. medium (°C)	24	26	26	26	24	25	23	24	22	22	21	24	23.9
Rains (mm)	28	41	39	33	45	152	201	214	188	62	52	44	1099
Hours of sun	193	191	193	191	194	179	176	177	190	189	191	196	2260
Relative humidity (%)	90	93	93	92	94	95	93	94	92	94	95	94	93.3
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Economy

Obelisk of Tucupita, Entrance to the city center.

The economy of Tucupita is precarious since it depends solely on the resources of the State, the main employer of the entity. The rest of the economy moves thanks to small and medium merchants in the region. Another source of income is tourism.

Many deltanos have chosen to move to other nearby states (Monagas, Bolívar and Anzoátegui State) in search of sources of work since in Tucupita and in the rest of the municipalities there are no industries that could boost their economy.

In a period between 2015 and the end of 2017, the shortage of basic necessities hit commerce in Tucupita very hard, which led to looting in the city center that worsened the situation.

Currently there is an oil refinery that boosts the economy in a better way and represents one of the few industrial products of the state.

Ecotourism

It is one of the main sources of income in the region. Tourists who visit the pipes of the Delta arrive through the different airports in eastern Venezuela and enter the pipes through the states that surround the Delta (Monagas and Bolívar). The main tourist camps are located at the mouth of the Morichal Largo river, the Guamal, Boca de Tigre, Pedernales, and towards the area of the Lower Delta towns.

Tourism

Cathedral of the Divine Shepherd.

View of the San José Church in the hours of the night.

Divina Pastora Cathedral Church

The construction of the Divina Pastora Cathedral began in 1957 and was inaugurated on September 26, 1982. It is one of the most representative architectural works of the city. It is located between Arismendi avenue and La Paz street. The internal space is 1,352 M² with two towers and a maximum height of 32 meters.

St. Joseph's Church

It is located between Mánamo street and Arismendi avenue, in front of Paseo Malecón Mánamo. Founded in 1919, its headquarters were in an abandoned shed adapted for religious services. In 1928 the parish priest Nicolás de Cármenes began the construction of the church in front of Plaza Bolívar. After the constant and useless expenses for the stabilization of the land, it was decided to move it to its current location. Its façade was built between 1932 and 1939 and at the beginning of the 1940s the decorations and granite floor that have identified it since then were added.

Plaza Bolivar

Bolivar Square of Tucupita.

It was inaugurated by General Jesús María Osorio on December 17, 1930 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Simón Bolívar. In its surroundings you can find various street vendors with milk and coconut nougats, indigenous rings and bracelets, as well as artisan product shops.

Mánamo Malecón Promenade

The promenade is located along Mánamo street, on the west end of Tucupita. Its construction dates back to 1940. It is provided with fountains, benches, flower boxes, an artificial lake and Acoustic Shell. It is a concentration site for the vast majority of deltanos. From there you can rent boats to travel to the pipes and missions of the delta.

Source of Bolivar Square.

Education

University Institutes and Private Institutes

• (UNESR): Simón Rodríguez National Experimental University.
• (UTDFT): Universidad Territorial Deltaica Francisco Tamayo.
• (UNEFA): National Experimental University of the Armed Forces.
• (UNA): Universidad Nacional Abierta, Centro local Delta Amacuro.
• (IUMPM): Instituto Universitario de Mejoramiento Profesional del Magisterio, Extension Tucupita.
• (UBV): Bolivarian University of Venezuela

Kindergartens

• Tucupite Children's Garden.
• Monsignor Argimiro García de Espinoza.
• María Natividad Herrera de Cotúa.
• Ceferino Rojas Díaz.
• Jardin de Infantil Sagrada Familia
• María Auxiliadora Children's Garden.
• Light Rayite Children's Garden.
• Jardin de Infancia Simón Rodríguez

Basic Schools

• Escuela Básico Ceferino Rojas Díaz
• Simón Rodríguez Basic School
• Escuela Básico Tarcisia de Romero
• Angelica Medina School of Fermin
• Alejandro Petion Basic School
• Carabobo Basic School

View Paseo Malecón de Noche Estatua San José.

Public High Schools

• L.B. Hannibal Rojas Pérez.
• L.B. Dionisio López Orihuela
• L.B. Nestor Luis Pérez.
• Francisco de Miranda Technical School (Antigua Isla Guara).
• L.B. Monsignor Argimiro García.
• Educational Unit of "Sport Talent"
• L.B José Antonio Páez
• L.B. José Enrique Rodo
• L.B. Hugo Chávez Frías

Private Schools

• U.E. Sagrada Familia.
• U.E. Henri Pittier.
• U.E. Maria Natividad Herrera de Cotúa.
• U.E. Maria Auxiliadora.
• U.E. Santos Michelena.
• U.E. Mystic rose.
• U.E. José María Ayala de Romero.
• U.E. Simon Bolivar.

Media

Press

• Notary.
• Delta Magazine.
• The Delta Newspaper.

Radius

• 89.1 FM Deltanísimo.
• 89.9 FM Southern delta.
• 90.5 FM RÍO.
• 90.1 FM RNV Information Channel.
• 92.1 FM Fe y Alegría.
• 92.9 FM Orinoco.
• 93.5 FM Vision.
• 95.1 FM Roca Fuerte.
• 97.5 FM Chévere.
• 98.5 Ocean FM.
• 103.5 FM Plenitude.
• 100.9 FM Ritmo.
• 104.9 FM Okey.
• 107.5 FM Caliente.

Television

• Delta TV. First regional channel, founded in 1999.
• Tucupita TV, Canal 8, founded in 2002.
• Cableimagen. Television company for non-profit subscription.
• Kaina TV.

Websites

• Tanetanae.com

Featured Tucupitenses

• José Balza, a novelist, rehearsalist and rehearsalist.
• Humberto Mata cuentista y actual president of the Fundación Biblioteca Ayacucho.
• Ernesto Antonio Rodríguez Mata Politico.
• Darwin Machís Football.
• Oscar Figuera Politico.
• Yelitze Santaella Former governor of the Delta Amacuro State and the Monagas State, current Minister of Education.
• Luis Cabareda Fermin Astrophysics, writer and researcher.
• Hernandez Doctor and politician.
• Edgar Domínguez Exalcalde of the municipality of Tucupita, and recognized doctor. In his career, as Mayor, he built the current statue of Simon Bolivar, in La Plaza Bolívar De Tucupita.
• Carlos Rafael "Carlitos" González: Sports journalist (f. 2004)
• Raúl "Tucupita" Marcano: Professional baseball player.