The “Maria Nieves” bridge across the Apure River at San Fernando commenced construction in 1959 under the direction of President Rómulo Betancourt, and was opened February 1, 1961.

The foundation was witnessed by about 200 natives in a ceremony where Lieutenant Juan Antonio Rodriguez made a recognition of the land, with which the act describes that the property enjoys good constellation, pure air, abundance of land for labor and breeding, wood for factories, firewood and running water.

From the decade of the 30's of the XIX century, educational activity began to take shape in San Fernando, when in 1831, Master Juan Castellanos founded the first private school for minors.

Today the port only appears in historical records, and much of it is now dry land with urban development, where it was once the domain of the Apure River.

This activity declined sharply when the demand for exports decreased, when the interest in navigation was reduced due to the development of land trade with the development of the railroad: there was the Gran Ferrocarril de Venezuela line (Caracas to Puerto Cabello) which was to be completed with a branch to San Fernando de Apure, and the development of road trade with the Ford Tablitas (Ford model T, with wooden boards for cargo), which became a true revolution due to its versatility and resistance.

It was a Ford Model T owned by Don Jesús María Hernández M., bought in Cagua by his son-in-law, General Waldino Arriaga.

In 1916, San Fernando experienced a great overflow of the Apure River, which was registered as catastrophic by the press of the time.

After approving it in 1917, in February of that year the authorization to purchase privately owned land for the construction of the diversion was published in the official gazette.

Higher education studies began in 1976 with the creation of the Apure Center of the Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez.

At present, San Fernando maintains a wide educational activity at all levels, with countless primary and secondary schools and universities.

[citation needed] San Fernando de Apure is a near-exact antipode to the city of Batu, Indonesia.

Towards in the peripheral zones of the city, can be appreciated very rustic customs and traditions, with little impact of nonown cultures.