Elorza
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| Coordinates:07°03′35″N69°29′48″W/ 7.05972°N 69.49667°W | |
| Time zone | UTC−4(VET) |
Elorzais a town inthe Apure StateinVenezuela.Elorza is on the region of the Venezuelan Llanos and it had 26.800 inhabitants as of 2012. It is the capital of the Rómulo GallegosMunicipality.The current mayor is Solfreddy Solorzano.[1]
This town had shared itsurban areawith the neighboringColombiauntil the government ofEleazar López Contreras.Back then the Venezuelan part was called Elorza, honoring the Venezuelan hero Andrés Elorza, and the Colombian part was calledEl Viento(The Wind)
In August 2001, Venezuela completed a nationwide conversion of land-line phones to three-digit area codes and seven-digit local numbers. Elorza, Mantecal and Bruzual now have the area code 240.
Geography
[edit]It is in the region of the Venezuelan Llanos in the Apure State, it is located at07°03′35″N69°29′48″W/ 7.05972°N 69.49667°Wand is 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of theColombianborder.[2][3]It is at the side of the Arauca River and in the middle of a plain used for agriculture at 95meters over the sea level.ItsArea Codeis 240 and itspostal codeis 7011.
Roads to the town are two: One that connects it to Mantecal and Bruzual, theTroncal 19 Road;the other that connects it to La Trinidad de Orichuna[4]andGuasdualito,theVia El Caribe Road.Elorza also has access to theArauca riverwhich allowsfluvialtransportation and an airport[5]
Etymology
[edit]The antiqueMisión de San José de Arichuna,with time became known asEl Viento,this town grew and spread along the Venezuelan-Colombian border. On March 10, 1866 theLegislative Assemblyof the Apure State decided that the part of the population that was in the Venezuelan part would become known as Elorza, honoringColonelJosé Andrés Elorza,[6]who was a Venezuelan independence Hero. This decision was executed on the 12th of that same month.
The name of José Andrés Elorza[6]was chosen since he had joined the army ofPaezwith the rankcaptainin La Trinidad de Orichuna,[4]a nearby town toEl Viento.
Economy
[edit]In March 2018, Elorza began to issue its own currency, in response to thehyperinflationof thehard bolívar.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abPolanco, Anggy; Gupta, Girish; Pons, Corina (March 17, 2018). Reese, Chris (ed.)."Venezuela city issues own currency to combat national cash crisis".Reuters.
- ^OpenStreetMap - Elorza
- ^Google Maps - Elorza
- ^ab"Google Maps".Google Maps.Retrieved2018-02-06.
- ^"Google Maps".Google Maps.Retrieved2018-02-06.
- ^ab"APUREÑOS ILUSTRES".oocities.org(in Spanish).Retrieved2018-02-06.