La Guaira

La Guaira
Los Cocos beach and Buildings of the city.
Official seal of La Guaira
La Guaira is located in Venezuela
La Guaira
La Guaira
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°36′0″N 66°55′59″W / 10.60000°N 66.93306°W / 10.60000; -66.93306
Country Venezuela
State Vargas
Founded1555
Government
 • MayorAlexis José Toledo Castro
Population
 • Metro
270,792
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Postal Code
1160
Area code+58 212
DemonymGuairno
ClimateBSh

La Guaira (Spanish: [la ˈɣwajɾa] ) is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of the same name (formerly named Vargas) and the country's main port. It was founded in 1577 as an outlet for Caracas, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southeast. The town and the port were badly damaged during the December 1999 floods and mudslides that affected much of the region.

The city hosts its own professional baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, the Tiburones de La Guaira. They have won eight national championships since their founding in 1962 and won the Caribbean Series in 2023-24