Clarines
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Clarines is a city in Venezuela's Anzoátegui State, located 80 km. from Puerto La Cruz, and 22 km. from Puerto Piritu. It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual.
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[edit] History
When the Franciscan monks arrived in 1650 there was already an Indian community at Clarines. It did not change much until the oil boom of the 1960's. In 1852, the population of Clarines was 4,289, including 72 people identified as white and 3,321 people identified as indigenous. Alfredo Armas Alfonzo, Venezuelan historian and critic, was born in Clarines in 1921. Jaime Lusinchi, former president of Venezuela, was born in Clarines in 1924.
[edit] Attractions
The Museo de Clarines (museum) has items of historical interest including a collection of armaments.
[edit] Economy
The local population practices subsistence farming growing plantains, yuca, beans, china, cotton, cassava, and corn. Until the exploitation of oil, the only exports were cattle and mules. Nowadays, many small companies that service the oil fields operate out of Clarines.
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[edit] References
- Memoria de la Direccion General de Estadistica al Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela en 1873 [the first national census of Venezuela].
- Morse, Kimberly J. (2003) "When the Priest Does Not Sympathize with El Pueblo: Clergy And Society In El Oriente Venezolano, 1843-1873" The Americas - Volume 59, Number 4, April 2003, pp. 511-535.
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