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When was Ciudad Bol’var founded?

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The city was founded in 1764 and called Angostura. The congress of Angostura (1819) made Simon Bol’var president of Venezuela and later in the same year decreed the formation of the republic of Gran Colombia, also with Bol’var as president. The city was renamed after him in 1846.

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