Mariche is the name of a former native Venezuelan tribe .
79-404: Not much information from them as a tribe has survived to the present day. It is known that their descendants lived in what is now called Filas de Mariches, distrito Sucre, Estado Miranda and in the area of El Hatillo both near Caracas , Venezuela , where they lived very close to several Karina (Carib) tribes. One of their more celebrated chiefs was Tamanaco who led them in the fight against
158-493: A ceiba tree at its center – is in the southern part of town; this was historically where people tied their mules while frequenting The Four Corners, and it is also known as Plaza La Ceiba . The Four Corners (Spanish: Las Cuatro Esquinas ) was a convenient social gathering spot in El Hatillo, comprising a general store, hardware shop, gambling place and bar. Guipuzcoana Company The Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas
237-484: A 30,000 square meters (323,000 sq ft) institution located in Los Naranjos. Nueva Esparta school was founded in 1954, but the private university was not constructed until 1989. El Hatillo offers free public education , with a total of seventeen primary education schools ; eleven are public and six are private . Nineteen preschools exist: ten public and nine private. Data for secondary education
316-620: A Canary Islander just replaced as Corporal of War (1749), but the Spanish Crown could not shrink from protecting its own interests by supporting the company, and quelling the uprising that very year. Apart from breaking the Dutch monopoly and creating significant wealth in the Basque port cities, the company provided a fast track to job positions for many Basques. The company's activity kept active Basque forges which were gradually declining in
395-555: A considerable amount of money for the construction of a hospital in Petare after the 1812 earthquake ; this hospital is currently known as the Pérez de León de Petare Hospital. One of the most ambitious urbanisation projects in El Hatillo since its founding was the neighborhood called La Lagunita. In the 1950s and 1960s, La Lagunita S.A. constructed a "functional, futuristic and comfortable" residential zone. To encourage people to settle in
474-616: A land size of 114 square kilometres (44 sq mi) – the third largest municipality in the capital. The municipality's natural southern boundary is the Turgua range, spanning east to west and separating El Hatillo from the Baruta and Paz Castillo municipalities. Parallel to Turgua in the north is the Sabaneta range; the Prepo stream runs between the two ranges. North of the Sabaneta range,
553-470: A nickname for a member of the new powerful class (and to this day the term is used jocularly in Venezuela for a VIP ). It did not help smaller farmers who continued to participate in illegal trading. The company was instrumental in the development of large-scale cocoa production along the valleys of the coast and encouraged the production of such crops as tobacco, indigo, cotton and coffee. In addition,
632-451: A part of its income from tourism, an activity that is promoted by the government. Although commercial areas are growing rapidly, agriculture remains a foundation of the economy in the rural areas of the southern part of El Hatillo. The business sector remains mostly underdeveloped, causing heavy employee movement in and out of the municipality – a problem that has made the transportation infrastructure of El Hatillo very congested. In
711-408: A protected zone of the metropolitan area of Caracas. The municipality is home to a wide range of bird species , with more than two hundred registered, including sparrowhawks , eagles , falcons , and owls . Birdwatching in the area is promoted by the authorities of Miranda, who have also supported conservation of these species. In the 16th century, the indigenous Mariches were killed by
790-491: A strong, united and independent community, aiming to establish the area as a distinct parish from Baruta, on which El Hatillo depended. He accomplished this on June 12, 1784, when the governor and the bishop agreed to declare El Hatillo autonomous and under the direction of Don Baltasar, in front of 180 Canary -descendant families; this date is accepted as the foundation date of El Hatillo Town. That same year, Don Baltasar and his brother-in-law donated their properties to
869-446: A unique Romanian Orthodox Church . The municipality also has a rich artistic culture, with at least two important musical festivals celebrated yearly, and numerous holiday celebrations reflecting the heritage of El Hatillo. The culture, the pleasant temperature, the rural landscape, and the gastronomy of the municipality have made it a place of interest for visitors to the city, and a desirable place to live. The municipality receives
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#1732765734023948-469: A variety of other restaurants in El Hatillo, offering such diverse cuisine as German and Thai food. Lagunita Country Club is one of the most important sports facilities in the municipality. The club offers tennis and swimming, but it is best known for its golf course, the home of the 1974 WGC-World Cup . Designed by Dick Wilson , the club began with temporary headquarters in 1959, opening officially in 1964. Lagunita Country Club played an important role in
1027-463: Is Bolívar Plaza (Spanish: Plaza Bolívar ), a garden square encompassing the central block in the town of El Hatillo. Constructed in 1785, the Plaza was originally called Plaza Mayor or Plaza del Mercado . In 1911, a bust honoring Manuel Escalona was placed in the square, which was renamed in his honor. In 1952, the bust was replaced with a statue of Simón Bolívar, and the plaza was again renamed after
1106-477: Is believed to be the one who takes care of the people and protects El Hatillo from any pandemic that could hit the area. Don Baltasar's most evident inclusion of Rosalía into El Hatillo's culture occurred at least twice: first in 1776, when El Calvario chapel was built and dedicated to the Saint; and then in 1784, when a bigger parish church named Iglesia Santa Rosalía de Palermo was constructed. In addition to
1185-414: Is between 21 and 24 degrees Celsius (70–75 °F). At the highest elevations, the temperature can decrease to 18 °C (64 °F) and the atmosphere may have constant fog . The mean precipitation is 997.3 millimeters a year (39 inches); annual values can range from 800 to 1,500 millimeters (32 in to 59 in). The average humidity index is 75%; similar to the rest of Venezuela,
1264-444: Is incomplete; there are five private secondary schools in the municipality, but the number of public secondary schools is unavailable. Government data shows each educational stage separately, but an individual facility may contain preschool, primary and secondary education. The 2001 census shows enrollment of 8,525 students during the 2000–2001 school year ; by the end of the school year, 8,149 had passed. The most significant icon in
1343-618: Is internationally known for its equestrian training. Located at the highest point of the Municipality lies El Volcan, a small mountain of about 1500 meters from sea level. This mountain has a Downhill course that has about 500 meters of vertical drop, it is used by hundreds of riders a day during dry and wet weather, mostly on weekends. The course is open to the public and riding is neither specifically allowed nor prohibited by law. The trails are also used by hikers all week long. Shuttles are about 10 Venezuelan bolivars per trip, they run from
1422-531: Is located. On November 19, 1991, Miranda's Legislative Assembly gave El Hatillo full autonomy, making it an independent municipality; this decision was issued in Gaceta Oficial on January 17, 1992. In 1993, Mercedes Hernández de Silva was elected the first mayor of El Hatillo. Since 2000, the Alcaldía Mayor manages some of the functions of the municipality. El Hatillo Municipality lies at
1501-619: Is managed by the mayor , who is in charge of representing the municipality's administration. The legislative branch is represented by the Municipal Council, composed of seven councillors , charged with the deliberation of new decrees and local laws. The comptroller tasks are managed by the municipal comptroller 's office, which oversees accountancy . Finally, planning is represented by the Local Public Planning Council, which manages development projects for
1580-513: Is one of the five municipalities of Caracas , the capital of Venezuela. It is located in the southeastern area of Caracas, and in the northwestern part of the State of Miranda. The seat of the municipal government is El Hatillo Town , founded in 1784 by Don Baltasar de León , who was instrumental in the area's development. Although the town had its origins during the Spanish colonisation ,
1659-436: Is promoted by the government. El Hatillo is an accessible day visit destination for people from Caracas; the municipality is only 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of downtown Caracas but in the mountains removed from the congested Caracas valley; thus, development has focused on day tourism. The central town square – Plaza Bolívar – and its surroundings are well maintained, and the municipal government offers bus trips around
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#17327657340231738-623: The American Revolutionary War , numerous ships of the company were captured by the British Royal Navy , including in the actions of 8 January 1780 and 15 January 1782 . On 8 January 1780, 7 warships and 14 merchantmen of the company were captured, and on 15 January 1782 2 of the company's merchant ships were captured. Combined with the liberalization of commerce with Venezuela in 1776, the weakening company's monopoly came to an end. The Spanish Crown no longer saw
1817-687: The Royal Company of the Philippines . Since 1503, under the Habsburg kings, all Spanish trade with America had been conducted through the port of Seville (and after 1717, Cádiz ) under a monopoly that prevented other cities, including Barcelona or San Sebastian , from trade with the Americas, or the Indies as they were known. Tentatively by the late 17th century Basques goods had reached
1896-399: The commercial sector, which has been growing along with the population increase and is primarily represented by shopping malls and retail stores around the urban areas most of which sell typical crafts of the country; agricultural , in the southern half of the municipality and existing since the founding of El Hatillo; and tourism , which contributes significantly to El Hatillo's income and
1975-401: The metropole . The Venezuelan colonial system turned into an embarrassment and hardly productive for the Spanish Crown in terms of revenue. Between 1700 and 1728 only five vessels set sail from Spain to Venezuela. The establishment of the company resulted from negotiations engaged with the Basque governments in the aftermath of the bloody military campaign ordered by Philip V of Spain over
2054-576: The 16th century, when the Spanish colonisation in the area began, El Hatillo was inhabited by the Mariches , a tribe of indigenous people possibly related to the Kalina (Caribs). Cacique Tamanaco was the leader of these tribes, known for resisting the Spanish colonisation. As the colonisation developed, the indigenous inhabitants were killed; by order of Caracas's founder Diego de Losada , Tamanaco
2133-416: The 2001 census, each household in the municipality received an average of 1,316,906 Venezuelan bolívares (1316.906 bolívares fuertes) per month, equal to US$ 1,832 at the time, or US$ 21,984 per year. Although there are no defined limits for the neighborhoods of El Hatillo, the government website divides the municipality into urban and rural . Concentrated in the northern region of the municipality,
2212-687: The Art Center featuring bonsai , origami , kimono , martial arts , anime and other manifestations of the Japanese culture . The event offered free workshops for learning these Japanese arts. Continuing cultural promotion in the municipality, the III Salón de Fotografía El Hatillo – a photography contest for children, amateur and professional photographers – was organised in October 2005. The cuisine industry in El Hatillo has grown along with
2291-509: The Ebro river according to the treaty signed with the Spanish king Philip V, and the company was able to trade freely throughout Europe. The company would in turn export iron commodities to Venezuela. The Guipuzcoana Company became the first shares based company in Spain, participated by Basque shareholders and the king of Spain. Since 1743, the company received permission to charter vessels under
2370-597: The El Hatillo Art Center; Samuels was followed by Simón Díaz , Steve Smith , Serenata Guayanesa , Mike Stern and other notable musicians. Since 1999, the El Hatillo Jazz Festival has attracted visitors to the municipality to hear national and foreign jazz artists. El Hatillo's art culture is rich with handcrafted products. Pottery is a common souvenir for tourists, and there are many artisans devoted to ceramics and pottery in
2449-544: The French flag, which could trade directly with Venezuela. The main beneficiaries of that decision were no doubt the coast of the Basque province of Labourd , and Bayonne . The company began operating in 1730—four ships departed from San Sebastián (Donostia) taking on board a crew of 561 and 40–50 cannons. The vessels were hailed with frontal hostility by the Venezuelan Creoles, a refusal to sell cocoa to
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2528-639: The Guipuzcoana scandal in Venezuela, Baltasar's father, Juan Francisco de León, and his sons were held prisoners in Cádiz . Juan Francisco died as a consequence of smallpox , but Don Baltasar completed his years in prison and then moved to El Hatillo. Baltasar brought the legacy of Santa Rosalía de Palermo to El Hatillo, believing she protected him from the pestilence that killed his father in Cádiz. Part of El Hatillo's culture has grown around Santa Rosalía; she
2607-549: The Indies via the Spanish coastal trade to Cádiz and this grew slowly until the Guipuzcoan company was founded by a group of wealthy Basques from the province of Gipuzkoa in 1728. The specific aim of the Basque company, acting almost autonomously with tasks of military nature at their own command and expense, was to break the de facto Dutch monopoly on the cocoa trade in the Captaincy General of Venezuela . It
2686-444: The Municipal Council is Leandro Pereira, supported by the political party Justice First . All but one of the seven councillors belong to political parties opposed to President Hugo Chávez 's administration. There is also a Legislative Commission, presided over by councillor Salvador Pirrone in 2007. The commission's job is to assist the municipality in legal matters, such as the creation of new laws and decrees. On March 8, 2000 –
2765-529: The Prepo stream feeds into the Tusmare stream, which ends in the Guaire river. La Guairita stream flows into the Guaire in northeastern El Hatillo. The Guaire river is the eastern limit of the municipality, separating it from Sucre and Paz Castillo in the southeastern sector of El Hatillo. La Guairita serves as the northern boundary between El Hatillo and the municipalities of Baruta and Sucre. Limiting Baruta to
2844-528: The Santa Rosalía de Palermo Parish, sometimes called Santa Rosalía de El Hatillo Parish or simply El Hatillo Parish. In December 2006, as a part of a constitutional reform , Chávez proposed a reorganisation of the municipal powers. Chávez mentioned his reform plans again in his January 2007 presidential inauguration, suggesting a new form of subdivision—communal cities—in which mayors and municipalities would be replaced by communal powers. Relative to
2923-534: The Spanish conquistadors during the 1560s and 1570s. This article related to an ethnic group in South America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda El Hatillo Municipality ( Spanish : Municipio El Hatillo ) is an administrative division of the State of Miranda , Venezuela ; along with Baruta , Chacao , Libertador and Sucre , it
3002-538: The United States with 1.0%, and Portugal with 0.8%. In the 2001 National Institute of Statistics census , El Hatillo Municipality had 54,225 inhabitants, but demographics show a rapidly rising population. With the progressive demographic increase, El Hatillo's population is no longer exclusive to any particular ethnic group. In 2001 there were 997 births in El Hatillo, equivalent to a rate of 18.4 births per one thousand citizens. The death rate for that same year
3081-556: The Venezuelan hero. Across from the Bolívar Square is the 18th century Santa Rosalía de Palermo Church, which was declared a National Historic Monument in 1960. Between El Hatillo and La Lagunita is the smaller Manuel Escalona Plaza (Spanish: Plazoleta Manuel Escalona ), another urban monument displaying the bust of Escalona that formerly occupied Bolívar Square. Sucre Plaza (Spanish: Plaza Sucre ) – graced since 1915 with
3160-507: The area, each parcel included a membership to Lagunita Country Club, which was officially opened in 1964. Brazilian landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx contributed to this project, constructed on the 4.3 million m hacienda that once belonged to former Venezuelan president Eleazar López Contreras . La Lagunita has since become a wealthy neighborhood of El Hatillo. Although El Hatillo has been independent from Petare since 1809, it later became part of Sucre Municipality, where Petare
3239-453: The art and culture. Don Baltasar de León and his wife, Ana Francisca, are remembered for founding and developing El Hatillo. Manuel Escalona is recognised for including El Hatillo in the 19th century independence movement; as in the rest of Venezuela, Simón Bolívar is considered a hero . Santa Rosalía de Palermo – born in Palermo , Italy – is the patron saint of El Hatillo. Rosalía
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3318-546: The average of the five Caracas municipalities was 19.4 for every one thousand citizens. The main police force in El Hatillo is the municipal police, sometimes referred to as Poli-Hatillo. Other police forces can also intervene in the municipality, including the Metropolitan Police, and the Miranda State Police. The municipality has one higher education facility – Nueva Esparta University,
3397-416: The beginning of the twentieth century. The third Sunday of May is the festival of Dama antañona , in which residents pay homage to the women of El Hatillo, with typical food and gifts. The Cultural and Social Center El Hatillo, El Hatillo Art Center, and El Hatillo Atheneum are the local centers of artistic activity. In 2006, Dave Samuels inaugurated the annual International Music Festival of El Hatillo at
3476-657: The captaincy-general. When the Crown established a high court ( Real Audiencia ) in the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1786, it was sited in Caracas. The owners of the Guipuzcoana Company merged it with the Barcelona Trading Company to form the Royal Company of the Philippines in 1785. In Caracas a consulado de mercaderes (a merchants' guild ) replaced the company in 1793. One of
3555-565: The commercial development of the municipality. A September 2006 article in Estampas – a weekly Venezuelan magazine – described the culinary arts of El Hatillo, noting that El Hatillo offers the usual Venezuelan table, as well as new gastronomic developments. There are also typical cachapa restaurants and cafés , as well as other restaurants with a fusion of foreign and national food. El Hatillo also offers many varieties of confectionery , such as churros , pastry and ice cream . There are
3634-475: The company promoted the exploration and settlement of frontier areas, most famously under the border expedition of 1750-1761 headed by a company agent, José de Iturriaga y Aguirre, which resulted in new settlements in the Guayana region . The company's control of the major ports of La Guaira and Puerto Cabello meant that it effectively monopolized the legal trade of the other Venezuelan provinces. In addition,
3713-488: The company's strict control of much needed manufactured imports naturally created a lot of resentment in a region which depended on these. Several rebellions took place against the company and the Basques in which ethnic confrontation came to a head in 1749, which saw local criollos supported by the Dutch and British confront the powerful Basques supported by the Spanish Crown. The rebellion was led by Juan Francisco de León,
3792-502: The company, and an uprising against the newcomers and the local Spanish garrison, until control was re-established. The Basques started to settle down in Venezuelan territory on wealthy haciendas that boosted plantations and agricultural production. However, the move was resented by other established Creoles based on the fact that it brought down prices to be sold to the company. The Basques established settlements, built dock facilities, and fortifications. The term un gran cacao became
3871-556: The culture of El Hatillo is Santa Rosalía de Palermo . The church adjacent to the plaza in the center block of El Hatillo Town is named after this saint , and the only parish in the municipality also carries her name. The community is largely Catholic ; local shops carry many religious handcrafted products, and the municipality is the site of the Santa Rosa de Lima Seminary , formerly San José Seminary. In El Hatillo – and throughout Venezuela – images of Jesus and Mary are part of
3950-471: The development of La Lagunita neighborhood – an ambitious urban project, which has become one of the wealthiest areas of Caracas. Hiparión is another club located in El Hatillo; according to the Venezuelan Census of Cultural Heritage, this equestrian facility from the 1930s was originally used for horse trips, but it later became a place for the training and caring of horses. The Club Hiparión
4029-444: The establishment of the " Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País "—a type of Enlightenment think tank . While Basque involvement increased after 1749, the Spanish Crown dealt a critical blow to the Basques when it diffused the Basque grip over the company by transferring its headquarters to Madrid, a move contested by Gipuzkoa, and imposing the requirement to include a Spaniard in a board of directors of three (1751). During
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#17327657340234108-568: The explorers; when the development of El Hatillo began, Spaniards from the Canary Islands settled in the area. Families from Madeira , Portugal also immigrated to El Hatillo, working largely in agriculture in La Unión neighborhood. As of 2001, 86% of the inhabitants of El Hatillo were born in Venezuela; the largest group not born in Venezuela was from Colombia with 4.2% of the population, followed by Spain with 2.0%, Italy with 1.0%,
4187-596: The face of growing competition from their British counterparts, and fed indirectly the arms factories of Soraluze (Placencia de las Armas) and Tolosa . Another outcome was the foundation in Bergara of the Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country by a group under the leadership of Xavier María de Munibe e Idiáquez , Count of Peñaflorida, in 1765. Its model expanded to the Spanish heartland prompting
4266-414: The mountain has had no recorded volcanic history. Other significant mountains in El Hatillo are Gavilán at 1,148 metres (3,766 ft), Topo de El Paují at 1,245 metres (4,085 ft) and Topo de Piedras Pintadas at 1,196 metres (3,924 ft). El Hatillo, at a higher altitude than the neighboring municipalities of Caracas, has slightly cooler weather than nearby downtown Caracas. The average temperature
4345-577: The municipality are almost strictly commercial, and the economy has not expanded in other directions. Office space underdevelopment has resulted from a lack of land for large scale office construction, making it costly to locate large offices or businesses in the area. Those seeking employment in offices or larger businesses must look outside of El Hatillo, contributing to the high traffic to, from, and in El Hatillo. Venezuelan law specifies that municipal governments have four main functions: executive, legislative, comptroller, and planning. The executive function
4424-406: The municipality was not established until 1991. In 2000 – the year after a new constitution was enacted in Venezuela – some of the municipality functions were delegated to a consolidated mayor's office called Alcaldía Mayor , which also has some authority over the other four municipalities of Caracas. El Hatillo has some of its colonial architecture , including an 18th-century parish church and
4503-474: The municipality. El Hatillo has had five mayors through 2014. Mercedes Hernández de Silva was the first mayor of the municipality, serving from 1993 until 1996. Succeeding her, Flora Aranguen was Mayor from 1996 until 2000. That same year, Alfredo Catalán was elected mayor and reelected in 2004. On November 23, 2008 Myriam Do Nascimento was elected mayor. She served in that capacity until 2013, when David Smolansky succeeded her as mayor. The 2007 president of
4582-415: The municipality. Neighborhoods like La Lagunita, Los Naranjos and El Hatillo Town now offer large scale shopping malls with multiplex movie theaters . Since the 1980s, the older typical houses of El Hatillo Town have been converted to shops and restaurants, while preserving their colonial architecture. Employment possibilities within El Hatillo – a bedroom community of Caracas – are reduced; businesses in
4661-524: The municipality. The Turgua Group is an artist collective of almost twenty potters and blacksmiths , founded in 1992 by Guillermo Cuellar, an internationally known potter. The group has two exhibitions a year, which have expanded from pottery exposition to jewelry , photography , woodwork , drawing and weaving . In May 2005, the local government collaborated with the Japanese Embassy to organise Japan Cultural Week, an exposition held in
4740-422: The narrow streets for viewing the colonial architecture of the town. Handcrafted souvenirs and products are popular purchases, offered at local artisan shops, and there are numerous restaurants. There are at least three cultural centers in the municipality that attract tourists and residents to music festivals and art expositions. To support the increasing population, numerous shopping malls have been built in
4819-527: The nationwide activities celebrating Christmas , the New Year , Carnival , and Easter , El Hatillo has a number of celebrations unique to the region. Since the 1766 founding of El Hatillo, a week-long festival honoring Santa Rosalía de Palermo (Spanish: Fiestas Patronales en honor a Santa Rosalía de Palermo ) is held in September featuring parades, Catholic masses , and traditional games, concluding with
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#17327657340234898-473: The need for a monopolizing company to control and grow the economy, since by that time the Venezuelan economy had matured and been tightly linked with the markets of Spain and New Spain , which consumed most of its cocoa. The Spanish crown terminated the company's charter in 1784. A key effect of the Caracas Company, despite its eventual commercial failure, was that it guaranteed the place of Caracas in
4977-454: The other Caracas municipalities, El Hatillo has the region's lowest crime rate. Data from 2003 shows that 53,555 crimes occurred within the five municipalities of Caracas, but only 418 (about 0.78%) took place within El Hatillo. El Hatillo's population is significantly lower than that of its sister municipalities; viewing 2003 crime data relative to 2001 census data, El Hatillo had an annual rate of 7.7 crimes for every one thousand citizens, while
5056-527: The parking lot of a Farmatodo drug store in La Boyera, up to the summit using public avenues and paved roads, taking from 15 minutes to 30 minutes depending on traffic on the area. The course apart from being used mostly for recreational purpose, also has been used for irregularly scheduled downhill races due to the lack of organisation in the riders community. The hub of activity in El Hatillo Town
5135-404: The rainy season is May through November, while all other months are considered the dry season. The winds are north alizé trade winds . Concentrated near water bodies , the vegetation in most of El Hatillo is dense forests , occupying around 30% of the surface. Smaller plants like shrubs take around 9% and herbs occupy a similar percentage. In 1972, the forests of El Hatillo were declared
5214-498: The separation of El Hatillo from Petare , another suburb of Caracas, making it a different Tenientazgo de Justicia – a type of administrative division at the time. On April 19, 1810, Escalona enjoined the town to the movement of independence under Simón Bolívar , becoming another important person in the history of the municipality. Ana Francisca Pérez García, Don Baltasar's wife, was a noteworthy woman in El Hatillo, attending to community children, elders and ill citizens. She donated
5293-467: The southeast area of the city of Caracas and at the northwest corner of the State of Miranda; it is one of the state's 21 municipalities. El Hatillo is also within the jurisdiction of the Alcaldía Mayor , which has power over three adjacent municipalities of Miranda, and over Libertador Municipality in the Capital District . These five municipalities make up the city of Caracas. El Hatillo has
5372-413: The town, and an engineer assisted in the urban planning, which included grid streets and a parish church . The church was built to honor Santa Rosalía de Palermo , who Baltasar believed had saved him from a plague that killed his father in prison. In 1803, at the age of 79, Don Baltasar was unexpectedly killed in a horse accident. In 1809, landlord and Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Escalona achieved
5451-720: The traditional release of balloons accompanied by fireworks. On Holy Thursday , an image of the crucified Christ is decorated with flowers and paraded around El Hatillo's Plaza Bolívar in the Jesus Christ Procession . Since 1938, Carnival has been celebrated in El Hatillo with dancing, parades, and the election of a Carnival Queen in Plaza Bolívar. The founding of El Hatillo is commemorated on June 12 with organised activities including traditional games, mass, and balloons. A tradition having religious and agricultural significance has been celebrated every May since
5530-498: The urban neighborhoods are El Hatillo Town, El Calvario, La Lagunita, Alto Hatillo, La Boyera, Las Marías, Oripoto, Los Pomelos, Los Naranjos, Los Geranios, La Cabaña, Cerro Verde, Llano Verde, Colinas, Vista El Valle, Los Olivos, and El Cigarral. The rural localities of the municipality are located in southern El Hatillo; these are La Unión, Corralito, Turgua, La Hoyadita, Sabaneta, La Mata, Caicaguana, and Altos de Halcón. The economy of El Hatillo Municipality consists of three sectors:
5609-458: The west, the boundaries of the municipality follow El Volcán , Pariaguán, La Mata and other peaks until they meet Turgua range in southeastern El Hatillo. The tallest peak in El Hatillo is Picacho de El Volcán (Spanish for "Peak of the Volcano"), at 1,490 meters (4,888 ft) above sea level, from where radio, television and telecommunication antennas serve Caracas. Despite its name,
5688-612: The western Basque districts. The government of Gipuzkoa in particular came up with a proposal for the re-establishment of commerce with Venezuela that would suit the Basque interests and those of the Spanish king alike. The plan was approved, with the Basques getting total exclusivity on that commerce. The Guipuzcoana Company was the only body entitled to sell European goods in Venezuela (or Caracas) Province and to export Venezuelan agricultural products to Spain. Goods imported on to other Spanish territories would incur no custom duties on
5767-478: The year after a new constitution was introduced in Venezuela – it was decreed that the Metropolitan District of Caracas would be created, and that some of the powers of El Hatillo Municipality would be delegated to the Alcaldía Mayor , which would also govern the Baruta, Libertador, Sucre and Chacao municipalities. Each of the five municipalities is divided into parishes; El Hatillo has only one,
5846-420: Was 2.9 per one thousand citizens. 2001 data shows that there is an average of 21.3 years of potential life lost . The main cause of death according to 1999 data was cancer , followed by heart disease and murder . Data for 2000 shows that the largest age group to be 15- to 19-year-olds, representing 9.5% of El Hatillo's population; for every 100 females there are 94.2 males. The unemployment rate in 2001
5925-501: Was 6.1%, ranking fourth lowest among the twenty-one municipalities in Miranda. As of 2001, there were 18,878 homes in El Hatillo, of which 13,545 were occupied; the remaining homes were either unoccupied, occasionally used, under construction, or for sale. An average of four people made up each household. Regarding wealth , 74.7% of the population were above poverty level, 21.5% were poor , and 3.8% were extremely poor . According to
6004-476: Was a Spanish chartered company which existed from 1728 to 1785. It conducted trade with Spain's overseas colonies and maintained its own fleet of warships to defend the company's merchantmen. In 1785, after having several of its ships captured by the British Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War , the Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas was merged with the Barcelona Trading Company to form
6083-477: Was also murdered. In 1752, Don Baltasar de León García arrived to El Hatillo from Cádiz , Spain, having just completed a prison term at La Carraca , Spain, for opposing (with his father) the monopoly rules of Guipuzcoana Company , which was in charge of maintaining exclusive trade between Spain and Venezuela. Don Baltasar founded El Hatillo Town, becoming one of the most significant contributors to its early development. Don Baltasar focused on making El Hatillo
6162-640: Was initially based in San Sebastián and received its royal decree on September 25, 1728, by Philip V of Spain . Its creation was part of the larger Bourbon Reforms to control unlicensed trading, especially in tobacco , which existed along the Orinoco River between Spanish colonists and Dutch, British and French merchants, who were preferred by the landholders of Canary Islander descent as trade partners. The Venezuelan possessions and their managerial wealthy Creole class thus operated detached from
6241-469: Was recognised in 1624 when her remains were discovered in a cave, brought to the Cathedral of Palermo, and displayed through the streets of Palermo during a plague. Within three days, the plague ended; Rosalía was credited with saving many from the plague and proclaimed patron saint of the city. Years later, El Hatillo's founder also believed that Santa Rosalía had protected him from an infection. During
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