El Tigre

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El Tigre
City
Boulevard "Paseo La Virgen" and San Remo Mall
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  "southern crossroads" (Español: "Encrucijada del Sur" )
El Tigre in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela
El Tigre
Coordinates: 08°53′10″N 64°15′40″W / 8.88611°N 64.26111°W / 8.88611; -64.26111
Country	Venezuela
State	Anzoátegui
Municipality	Simón Rodríguez
Founded	February 23, 1933
Government
• Mayor	Ernesto Raydan (AD)
Area
• Total	35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation	265 m (869 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	236.566
• Density	6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
• Demonym	Tigrense
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal code	6050
Area code	0283
Climate	Aw
Website	www.eltigre.gob.ve
The area and population figures are for the municipality

El Tigre is a city of Anzoategui, a state located east of Venezuela's capital city of Caracas. Located in what is called the "Guanipa Mesa", a river (Tigre) runs across the city. The average temperature is 79°F, all year around, and the annual average rainfall is 1,200mm.^[1] One nearby tourist destination is the Chimire Cliffs.

El Tigre also is in full conurbation with the city of San Jose de Guanipa also known as El Tigrito, capital of the Guanipa Municipality whose population according to data from the CNE is 84,526 inhabitants. Both cities are basically one, whose population would be 291,472 inhabitants.

Since the appointment of Orinoco Belt as one of the largest reserves of oil in the world, El Tigre has become one of the most important cities in Venezuela because it is very near or on the edge of this oil belt in Anzoategui state. Thus, El Tigre currently shows an increase in the establishment of companies of services to the oil industry that is constantly growing and have also been presented innumerable construction projects for new shopping malls, business buildings or towers and other works for the significant activation of tourism.