Antímano

District of Caracas, Venezuela

Antímano is a district of Caracas, Venezuela. It is part of Libertador municipality. According to a 2007 estimate of the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, it had a population of 150,971 people in 2007.

The name Antímano derives from a combination of the words Atamanona and Amatima, the names of two indigenous groups which lived in the area before the Spanish Conquest. Antímano was established in 1621 as an agricultural village, and remained rural until the first part of the twentieth century. Towards the end of the nineteenth century the Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco built a country house in Antímano, calling it "La Pequeña Versalles" (Little Versailles). From the mid-1940s Antímano began to develop as an industrial zone, with the first factories producing Polar beer and Pepsi. The steel company Sidetur was founded here in 1948.

The house of Guzman Blanco fell into disuse for over 30 years (despite being declared a National Monument) and was eventually restored in 2004, the building being turned into a Sociocultural Complex, and its grounds converted into a sports facility with baseball, football and basketball fields.^[1]

Since it is a large neighborhood, it is possible to get there on a number of Caracas Metro stations on Line 2 (the green one) including Antímano, Carapita, and Mamera.

References

^ Radio Nacional de Venezuela, 30 July 2004, 11.18pm (in Spanish) Inauguran centro sociocultural y deportivo Casa de Campo Guzmán Blanco Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

Parishes of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality

South

Santa Rosalía
El Valle
Coche
Caricuao
Macarao
La Vega

West

Central

East

v t e Caracas Divisions
Northwest	Catia 23 de Enero Propatria Lomas de Urdaneta Casalta El Atlántico Caño Amarillo Los Magallanes de Catia Alta Vista Ruperto Lugo Lídice Gramoven Manicomio	Flag of Caracas
Center	El Silencio Capitolio La Hoyada Altagracia La Pastora Cotiza Quinta Crespo Guaicaipuro La Candelaria San Bernardino
Southwest	Artigas Vista Alegre Bella Vista Colinas de Vista Alegre La Yaguara Zona Industrial de La Yaguara El Algodonal Carapa Antímano Washington Las Fuentes El Paraíso El Pinar La Paz El Paraíso Montalbán Juan Pablo II La Vega Las Adjuntas Caricuao Mamera
Centereastern	El Conde Parque Central San Agustín del Sur San Agustín del Norte Simón Rodríguez Maripérez La Colina Las Palmas Las Lomas San Rafael Los Caobos Quebrada Honda San Bernardino
South	Cementerio Los Carmenes Los Castaños Prado de Maria La Bandera Las Acacias Colinas de las Acacias Los Rosales Valle Abajo Los Chaguaramos Ciudad Universitaria Santa Mónica Colinas de Santa Mónica Colinas de Bello Monte Cumbres de Curumo El Valle Los Jardines de El Valle Coche Delgado Chalbaud La Rinconada
Eastern	La Campiña La Florida Alta Florida Chapellín Los Cedros El Bosque Chacaíto Sabana Grande Bello Monte Country Club El Pedregal San Marino Campo Alegre Chacao Bello Campo El Rosal El Retiro Las Mercedes Tamanaco Chuao Altamira Los Palos Grandes La Castellana La Floresta Santa Eduvigis Sebucán La Carlota Santa Cecilia Campo Claro Los Ruices Montecristo Los Chorros Los Dos Caminos Boleíta Los Cortijos La California Horizonte El Marqués La Urbina Terrazas del Ávila Lomas del Ávila El Llanito Macaracuay La Guairita Caurimare El Cafetal San Román Santa Rosa San Luis Santa Sofía Santa Paula Santa Inés Los Pomelos Palo Verde Petare
Southeastern	Valle Arriba Santa Fe Los Campitos Prados del Este Alto Prado Manzanares El Peñón Baruta Piedra Azul La Trinidad La Tahona Monterrey Las Minas Los Samanes Cerro Verde Los Naranjos La Boyera Alto Hatillo El Hatillo Los Geranios La Lagunita El Placer El Guayabao El Volcán La Unión Sartanejas