San Tomé is an oil company town, or camp, located about 8 miles northeast of the city of El Tigre, in the state of Anzoátegui in Venezuela. The town of San José de Guanipa, also called El Tigrito, lies between El Tigre and San Tomé. San Tomé lies about 60 miles (97 km) north of the Orinoco River, and about 90 miles (140 km) south of Puerto la Cruz and its oil refineries on the Caribbean Sea. San Tomé was originally an American planned community built in the 1930s by and for the Mene Grande Oil Company, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil Corporation. Ownership of San Tomé was assumed by Petróleos de Venezuela, Sociedad Anónima (PDVSA) after the oil industry was nationalized in 1975.
The San Tomé Church, a catholic church, is located in South Camp.
Terminal of San Tomé Don Edmundo Barrios national airport in 2009.
The staff school at San Tomé, Venezuela in 1968.
El Tigre is a city of Anzoategui, a state located east of Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.
Located in what is called the "Guanipa Mesa", a river (Tigre) runs across the city.
The average temperature is 79°F, all year around, and the annual average rainfall is 1,200mm. One nearby tourist destination is the Chimire Cliffs.
Image: Paseo la Virgen El Tigre Anzoátegui
Image: Centro Comercial San Remo Mall
Bolívar Square in El Tigre.
San Remo Mall.
