Puerto Píritu founded in 1513 as "El Manjar" and abandoned few years later, still retains an enormous amount of colonial buildings in the historic centre of the city.

Puerto Píritu was the point of entry and departure in the 17th and 18th centuries for colonization, evangelization and immigration into what is now Anzoátegui State.

Thanks to many margariteñas families, that people became the major commercial port output products of the guariqueños Plains and in the basin of river Unare point such that for 1928 was already district as it is today the municipality Peñalver.

[citation needed] The current Puerto Píritu still retains an enormous amount of colonial buildings in the historic centre of the city.

This region is characterized by a sparse vegetation in contrast to large areas of beaches that are mostly frequented by domestic visitors.