Geographical area and population
The "Region of Maniapure" in Venezuela has been
defined as the zone of medical and social influence of the "La Milagrosa"
Center, which is a privately funded basic medical center ("Ambulatorio
Rural Tipo II"). It started operations under the patronage of the
Cuenod-Borjas family and the "Fundacion CUBO". During the last few
years, the "La Milagrosa" Center has been administered by the "Asociacion
de Damas Salesianas", a private non-profit organization, with the
support of the "Fundacion Centro Medico" of the "Centro Medico"
hospital of Caracas.
The region of Maniapure is located within the Cedeņo
Municipality of the Bolivar state specifically in the Parishes "Capital
Cedeņo" and "La Urbana". This is an area of plains limiting by the
Orinoco river in the north-northeast and by the northwest border
of the "La Encaramada" range, which separates of the area of influence
of "Caicara del Orinoco" to that of Maniapure and "Los Pijiguaos",
further south. The south-east border of the Maniapure region is
"La Cerbatana" range. In all, it comprises an area of approximately
10,000 Km2, with a very low density of population.
The inhabitants of the Maniapure region are distributed among 40
villages or dispersed communities of which 33 are of Creoles and
7 are of indigenous people.
