Batey

San Miguel del Batey stood near the meeting of the Unare River and Quebrada Honda in the eastern Venezuelan plains. In 1645 Miguel de Urbés founded San Miguel de la Nueva Tarragona del Batey at a junction of routes between the eastern country and the Llanos. Seasonal flooding of the Unare and Quebrada Honda made settlement difficult, and inhabitants later moved to other places in the surrounding region.