Caraballeda
Sign in to saveCaraballeda is a Venezuelan town, capital of the parish of the same name in Vargas state. It is located on the Venezuelan central coast, facing the Caribbean Sea. It was devastated by the floods that occurred in 1999 known as the Vargas tragedy.
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- Locality
- Caraballeda
- Region
- La Guaira
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 37,824
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
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Caraballeda is a Venezuelan town, capital of the parish of the same name in Vargas state. It is located on the Venezuelan central coast, facing the Caribbean Sea. It was devastated by the floods that occurred in 1999 known as the Vargas tragedy.
==History== Caraballeda was founded as the original port for the capital, Caracas, by Captain Diego de Losada in early 1568. The name is derived from the Carballeda Virgin, patron saint of the town of Rionegro del Puente in Zamora, Spain, which was the birthplace of Diego de Losada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caraballeda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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