La Guaira

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La Guaira
Los Cocos beach and Buildings of the city.
Flag Seal
La Guaira Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°36′0″N 66°55′59″W / 10.60000°N 66.93306°W / 10.60000; -66.93306
Country	Venezuela
State	Vargas
Founded	1555
Government
• Mayor	Alexis José Toledo Castro
Population
• Metro	270,792
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal Code	1160
Area code	+58 212
Demonym	Guairno
Climate	BSh

La Guaira (Spanish: [la ˈɣwajɾa] ^ⓘ) is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port, founded in 1577 as an outlet for nearby Caracas.

The city hosts its own professional baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, the Tiburones de La Guaira. They have won eight national championships since their founding in 1962 and won the Caribbean Series in 2023-24

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La Guaira

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