Cagua
Sign in to saveCagua () is a city of Venezuela, capital of the Sucre Municipality of Aragua State. Cagua is part of the metropolitan area of Maracay.
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- Locality
- Cagua
- Region
- Aragua
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 119,033
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cagua
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Plaza Bolívar de Cagua.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A square in central Cagua
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera del Municipio Sucre de el estado Aragua.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de el Municipio Sucre del estado Aragua.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aragua
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sucre Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1620
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 40
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
- 107,932
- Settlement.timezone
- VET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- −4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Aragua
- Population
- 122571
- Area
- 40
- Elevation
- 458
- Capital of
- Municipio Sucre
- Image
- Plaza Sucre de Cagua.jpg
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- Cagua
- postal code
- 2122
- P12749
- 1290
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
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- External links
- References
Cagua () is a city of Venezuela, capital of the Sucre Municipality of Aragua State. Cagua is part of the metropolitan area of Maracay.
==History== Cagua was established in 1620 as "Cagua La Vieja", a town of original Spaniards. Cagua was rebuilt in its current location in 1622 with the new name of "Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Cagua", which was changed to "San José de Cagua" during the 18th century. The city is now known simply as Cagua. The origin of the name comes from the indigenous Cumanagoto word "Cahigua", which means snail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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