Puerto la Cruz
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Puerto la Cruz is a Venezuelan city and port, in the state of Anzoátegui. It's the capital of Juan Antonio Sotillo municipality. It's the second most important city of Anzoategui State after its capital which is Barcelona (Simon Bolivar municipality).
It is bordered by Lecherías city (Diego Bautista Urbaneja munipality) and Guanta city (Guanta municipality). The city is located on Pozuelos Bay (Bahía de Pozuelos, in Spanish). It is on the Caribbean Sea and near Mochima National Park.
Puerto La Cruz, Barcelona, Guanta and Lechería form a big financial and economic center of eastern Venezuelan. This touristic city is also called the Door of Eastern Venezuelan.
Puerto La Cruz is the home of an oil refinery which is one of the most important in the country. It refines 200,000 barrels per day, and supplies the domestic market as well as Caribbean countries such as Cuba and the Antilles.
The main economic activity of Puerto La Cruz is tourism. With good hotel infrastructure, this city is able to receive tourists from all over the globe.
There are several ports from which people depart to the beaches of Mochima National Park and nearby island beaches, as well as a port for ferries that go to Margarita Island (Nueva Esparta State).
In the canals of Complejo Turístico El Morro (El Morro Tourist Complex), there are elegant neighborhoods with their own docks where yachts are parked.
Being located in a bay with deep waters accelerated its process of becoming a port for international traffic in petroleum and a commerce port was established in the neighbour municipality of Guanta. Metro de Puerto La Cruz
[edit] History
The history of this town begins when the Spaniards arrived in Venezuela. In 1780, the Christian Mission of Pozuelos (Pozuelos means small wells) was founded, having Indians as the majority population.
On April 9, 1862 a group of 26 families from Margarita Island decided to settle in Pozuelos Bay.
The Virgen del Amparo (Virgin of Amparo) and the Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) were adopted as the main religious identities of the town. November 8 of every year since then is celebrated as the Dia de la Virgen del Amparo (Day of the Virgin of Amparo) and May 3 as the Dia de la Santa Cruz (Day of the Holy Cross).
In 1868 the first Church was built and the name of the town was changed to Puerto de la Santa Cruz (Port of the Holy Cross), but as the years passed people got used to calling it just "Puerto La Cruz".
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