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El Hatillo Municipality is an administrative division of the State of Miranda, Venezuela. One of the five municipalities of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, it is located in the southeastern area of Caracas. 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 colonization, 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. El Hatillo preserves some of its colonial architecture, including an 18th century parish church and 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. (more…)
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