All starts from the arrival in 1652 Franciscan Missionaries into the area, it was the point of entry and departure of colonization evangelising and inhabitant of the current Anzo�tegui State during the XVII and XVIII centuries .Puerto P�ritu began its history with its own identity in the mid-nineteenth century. Thanks to many margarite�as families, that people became the major commercial port output products of the guarique�os Plains and in the basin of river Unare point such that for 1928 was already district as it is today the municipality Pe�alver