Baruta Municipality

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Economy

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The main economic activity in Baruta is non-manufacturing business in the many office buildings within the Municipality. For example, the

Greater Caracas

are located in Las Mercedes district. Moreover, "Las Mercedes" hosts a number of small businesses, shopping malls, and restaurants that make the area commercially rich. The Baruta Zip Code is 1080 and the Area Code is 212, the same as the Greater

Demographics

• 317,288 inhabitants.
• Density: 2.600 inhabitants/km².

Parishes

• Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baruta
• Las Minas de Baruta
• El Cafetal

Government

Although some of the political functions overlap with the Greater Caracas Municipality, Baruta has its own Mayor, Darwin Gonzalez.

The local government has its own police force, among other responsibilities. The City Hall is currently located in the old Baruta town.

Mayors

Culture

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In the Municipality diverse cultural manifestations are developed, some associates to popular celebrations, like:

• Day of the Candlemas (Paradura del niño), Date of celebration: February 2.
• Carnival, Date of celebration: movable.
• Holy week, Date of celebration: movable.
• The cross of May, Date of celebration: May 3.
• Saint Anthony, Date of celebration: June 13.
• Saint John, Date of celebration: June 24.
• Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Baruta (Month of Baruta), Date of celebration: October 29.
• Day of
  Our Lady of Fatima
  (Las Minas and Monterrey), Date of celebration: October 30.

Urbanización Las Mercedes

• Trasnocho Cultural: founded in 2001 in the Paseo Las Mercedes Shopping Center, it houses theaters, cinema, bookstore and the TAC art gallery, as well as a variety of shops.
• Teatro Escena 8.
• Plaza Alfredo Sadel: named in homage to the Venezuelan tenor of the same name. Since its remodeling in 2007, this space has become a venue for concerts, exhibitions, book fairs and cultural, political and sporting events.

Bello Monte

• La Caja de Fósforos: experimental theater room founded in 2014, as part of the stage space management project of the Contrajuego Theater Group, directed by Orlando Arocha. The room is part of the Concha Acústica de Bello Monte Cultural Complex, or José Ángel Lamas Acoustic Shell.

References

External links

• Official Baruta Municipality website