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History of the Municipality Atures

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Venezuela's contemporary history in its assets narrates and clips from a nationalist epic that had as subject the construction of the Bagre-Morganite land, distance to save the 65 km, where Maipures Atures and interrupt the navigation of Orinoco River.

Puerto Ayacucho, the gateway to the Venezuelan Amazon and capital of the Autonomous Municipality Atures. Founded officially on December 09 1924 by the famous engineer James Aguerrevere, under the leadership of President Juan Vicente Gómez, who was the top contributor to start executing the construction, by hiring such an important and strategic work to know. Atures original name of the first inhabitants settled in the township. Today the rapids are named more or faster, wider world. Which are ideal for rafting (rafting)

The absolute decline and impoverishment of the urban hub Atabapo-Guainia-Black River, by the continuing crisis of the rubber economy that was unnecessary to maintain regional political center located in San Fernando de Atabapo (former capital of Amazonas), prone to revolutionary insurgencies, as the stars twice by General Emilio Arévalo Cedeño, on what was necessary to move the capital to the small town of Atures, former home missionary

 


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