Urdaneta
Encyclopedia
Places
Ecuador- Urdaneta CantonUrdaneta CantonUrdaneta Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Los Ríos Province. Its capital is the town of Catarama. Its population at the 2001 census was 25,812....
, Los Ríos Province
Philippines
- Urdaneta, Pangasinan
Venezuela
- Urdaneta Municipality, AraguaUrdaneta Municipality, AraguaThe Urdaneta Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 21,270. The town of Barbacoas is the shire town of the...
- Urdaneta Municipality, LaraUrdaneta Municipality, LaraThe Urdaneta Municipality is one of the nine municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 63,213. The town of Siquisique is the shire town of the...
- Urdaneta Municipality, MirandaUrdaneta Municipality, MirandaThe Urdaneta Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 130,641. The town of Cúa is the shire town of the...
- Urdaneta Municipality, Trujillo
People
- Andrés de UrdanetaAndrés de UrdanetaFriar Andrés de Urdaneta, O.S.A., was a circumnavigator, explorer and Augustinian friar. As a navigator he achieved in 1536 the "second" world circumnavigation after first one led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522...
, (1498 - 1568), Spanish friar, sail-captain and explorer - Rafael UrdanetaRafael UrdanetaRafael José Urdaneta y Faría was a Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence in several countries in northern South America.- Biographic data :...
, (1788 – 1845), General during the wars for Latin American independence