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Caucagua

Caucagua is a Venezuelan city in the state of Miranda, and is the capital of the Acevedo Municipality.

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Place details

Locality: Parroquia Caucagua
Region: Miranda
Country: Venezuela
Population: 31,788

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Caucagua
Settlement.image_skyline: Cancha de Bolas Criollas..jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Colonial Architecture in Caucagua, Municipality of Acevedo
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera Acevedo Miranda.PNG
Settlement.pushpin_map: Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name: Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Miranda
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Acevedo Municipality
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001

Key dates

Inception: 1692

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Venezuela
Located in: Municipio Acevedo
Population: +100000
Elevation: +280
Time zone: UTC−04:00
Capital of: Municipio Acevedo
Image: Mercado Popular en Caucagua, Estado Miranda, Venezuela.jpg

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Caucagua is a Venezuelan city in the state of Miranda, and is the capital of the Acevedo Municipality.

The town of later Caucagua was founded as Valle de Araguata in about 1690. It was refounded with the name of Caucagua in 1752. Bishop Mariano Martí gave it the name Nuestra Señora del Valle de la Santa Cruz de Caucagua in 1784. The population in 1783 was 2,422.