San Fernando de Atabapo was the capital city of the Amazonas State, Venezuela until the early 1900's. It was ruled for a long while by Tomas Funes, a powerful caudillo who controlled the local rubber industry (derived from indigenous rubber plants) by enslaving the local native populations. His power eventually become great enough to threaten the Venezuelan authorities and he was ultimately executed in the town square in the early 1930s. The town boasts a photograph of a United States military aircraft which was shot down and crashed into the Orinoco River around this time. Pop. 1997 approx. 5,000. A Venezuelan National Guard unit is stationed here. There are two hotels, one of which costs 5 dollars and the other 10. The 10 dollar one is normally occupied. Estado Amazonas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Caudillo is a Spanish (caudilho in Portuguese) word designating a politico-military leader at the head of an authoritative power. The related caudillismo is a cultural phenomenon that first appeared during the early 19th century in revolutionary South America, as a type of militia leader with a charismatic personality and... This article is about the material rubber, for other uses see Rubber (disambiguation) Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ... This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ...
In 1749 arrived Father Gilii, the historian of the Jesuit missions of the Orinoco, to whom, according to Hervás, is due the conversion of the Maipure tribes.
SanFernandodeAtabapo had suffered lest that the rest and was still a station of importance with its Indian fields and neat priest's house, although the former herds of cattle had disappeared.
Their cult centered around a sacred earthenware trumpet, called botuto, which was periodically sounded in elaborate ceremonial processions under the palm trees to insure abundant fruit, was consulted as an oracle, and for a woman to approach within sight of it, the penalty was death.
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