San Fernando de Atabapo

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San Fernando de Atabapo
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San Fernando de Atabapo
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 4°03′N67°40′W / 4.050°N 67.667°W / 4.050; -67.667
CountryFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
State Amazonas
Municipality Atabapo Municipality
Founded1758
Time zone UTC−4 (VET)
Area code 0248
Climate Af

San Fernando de Atabapo is a town in southern Venezuela on the border with Colombia. It was the capital city of the Amazonas state until the early 1900s. The population in 1997 was approximately 5,000.[ citation needed ]

In the early twentieth century it was ruled for a long time by Tomás Funes, a powerful caudillo who controlled the local rubber industry (derived from indigenous rubber plants) by enslaving the local native populations. His power eventually became great enough to threaten the Venezuelan authorities and he was ultimately executed in the town square in the early 1930s. The town displays a photograph of a United States military aircraft that was shot down and crashed into the Orinoco River around this time.[ citation needed ] A Venezuelan National Guard unit is stationed here.

Coordinates: 4°03′N67°42′W / 4.050°N 67.700°W / 4.050; -67.700

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