Guanta, Anzoátegui, Venezuela Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Guanta ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * Its peaceful residents were the Cumanagoto nation until the establishment of the Spanish in the area in 1511, the indigenous resistance was led by Cacique Guantar.
 * Already in the 1800s it served as a port along the Guanta Bay to take the cattle that were raised in the eastern plains to the Antilles.
 * With the economic boom derived from the exploitation of oil and natural gas since 1930, Guanta begins to grow thanks to the nearby Puerto La Cruz.
 * In 1950, a refinery was built very close to the town and the port, and a year before, the cement industry was installed, operating near the city, further helping the growth of Guanta, by establishing the Pertigalete port for these exports.
 * The Municipality of Guanta was founded on June 21, 1991.
 * The Municipality of Guanta has a population of approximately 74,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Guanta municipality.

Church Records

 * 1577-1995 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of burials in the cemeteries of the Guanta municipality may be found at findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Guanta
 * Direction: T-09, Guanta