Ciudad Guayana 

(Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað ɣwaˈʝana]) is a city in Bolívar

State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river, at the
point where it is joined by its main tributary, the Caroní river. The Caroni crosses the city south-
north and divides it on its two main halves: the old town of San Félix in the east, and the new
town of Puerto Ordaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto oɾˈðas]) in the west. The city was officially
founded in 1961 by the unification of this two former settlements, but the history of San Félix
goes back to its foundation in 1724. Within the city limits are located the site of Cachamay Falls
and Llovizna Falls.[1] There are three bridges across the Caroni and the second crossing over
the Orinoco, the Orinoquia Bridge, was inaugurated in the city in 2006. With approximately one
million people, it is Venezuela's fastest-growing city[citation needed] due to its
important iron, steel, aluminium and hydroelectric industries. Ciudad Guayana is one of
Venezuela's five most important ports, since most goods produced in the industry-rich Bolívar
state are shipped through it, as ocean-going vessels can sail to it from the Atlantic Ocean up
the Orinoco river.
Due to its planned nature, the city has a drastically different feel from many other South
American cities. The towers of the Alta Vista district recall Barranquilla, and many of the
residential neighborhoods have architecture and landscaping that are similar to suburbs in the
United States in the 1950s, including 'cookie cutter' homes, sidewalks, and patterned lawns.
This is an artifact due to the presence in the 1960s and early 1970s of US Steel, an American
company with iron mining operations in the region.[2] US Steel built housing for hundreds of its
American expatriate workers and families, who lived in Puerto Ordaz and other communities
until the nationalization of the Venezuelan steel industry forced the company and its workers to
leave.