Talk:San Tomé, Venezuela
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Founding of San Tome
[edit]I deleted a section History that discussed the founding of San Tome in 1586, also known as San Tome de Angustura. The citation for this discussion was given with this google book url: https://books.google.com/books?id=u0QUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false while the citation is valid, I don't believe it is referring to the oil camp san tome - rather it is referring to present day Ciudad Bolivar. A google search turned up, e.g., http://www.cgr.gob.ve/site_news.php?notcodigo=00001398&Anno=2018&t=2 "San Tomé de Angostura en la provincia de Guayana (hoy Ciudad Bolívar)" and the google book describes San Tome as surrounded by immense forests in every direction...San Tome is in the llanos, a flat open, barren plain. (This explains the other odd error I corrected that San Tome was located on the right bank of the Orinoco, whereas it is 60 miles north of the Orinoco.)
I'm declaring that this article should refer to the oil camp San Tome, likely founded in the 1930s when oil was discovered there. Bdushaw (talk) 21:25, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Song "Pueblito de San Tomé"
[edit]There was a song that went like this: "Pueblito de San Tomé / en donde te conocí / ahora me siento feliz / porque me encuentro cerca de ti..." I am looking for someone who remembers this song to get all the lyrics. I heard it in Venezuela in the 60s or 70s. I will appreciate any help. Jtguerra51 (talk) 07:35, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Recent changes adding information on origins of MGO and San Tome
[edit]I have removed what seemed to me to be an incorrect and unreferenced statement, before I noted that there were other changes describing the early days of Gulf and San Tome. Since I was unaware of the truth of the statement, which was uncited, I was primarily concerned that this was an instance of a malicious editor adding an off-the-wall factoid, as happens far often than one might think. I now don't think that is the case, but it would be better to include a citation to support this new information. The contributing editor may revert if they would prefer to include the statement. But citations please! Thx, Bdushaw (talk) 06:15, 1 September 2024 (UTC)