BARCELONA, a town and port of Venezuela, capital of the State of Anzoatequi, on the Neveri river, 3m. from its mouth and 12m. by rail from the port of Guanta, which competes with the river port in the trade of this district. Pop. (192o) 10,883. Hay ing a mean annual temperature of 8o° F, the town has the repu tation of being unhealthy. There are salt works and important coal deposits in its vicinity, the latter at Naricual and Capiricual, 12m. distant by rail. The adjacent country is fertile, and exports coffee, sugar, cattle and coal. The town dates from 1637, when it was situated at the foot of the Cerro Santo a few miles inland and was called Nueva Barcelona; it was moved to its present site in 1671. Its position at the point where the ilanos come right to the sea makes it a natural outlet for a large district on the plains.