Araira is a town in the state of
Miranda,
Venezuela
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. A town west of
Guatire. The city is 52 kilometers (32 miles) from
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
.
History
The city was founded in 1864. It already existed as a populated nucleus since the mid -seventeenth century.
Populated places in Miranda (state)
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