Barquisimeto (ven)

Barquisimeto

Barquisimeto ranks 3,228th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ica, Peru, Saint James Parish, Jamaica, and Saratov Governorate. The most famous people from Barquisimeto are Pedro Carmona, Gustavo Dudamel, and Rafael Cadenas. The most famous people who died in Barquisimeto are Lope de Aguirre. Barquisimeto has been the birth place of many writers, and soccer players and the death place of many explorers. Barquisimeto is located in Venezuela.

Barquisimeto is a capital city of Lara and head of Iribarren Municipality in Venezuela. Barquisimeto is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. The city is an important urban, industrial, commercial, musical and transportation center of the country, recognized as the fourth-largest city by population and area in Venezuela after Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia. Barquisimeto is sometimes referred to as the "Music City of Venezuela" due to the large number of educational institutions of music. The music director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel was born in the city. Read more on Wikipedia