Cagua () is a city of

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, capital of the Sucre Municipality of

Aragua State Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first ...

. Cagua is part of the metropolitan area of

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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

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Geography

Cagua is located at 458 meters above sea level in the valley of Aragua, in the northwestern part of the

. Its climate is Köppen's

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. Cagua is one of the most important cities of

Aragua Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungle (terrain), jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata a ...

state because it is close to

(about 14 km away), the capital city of

, it is close to

Valencia, Carabobo Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay m ...

(about 65 km away) and it is also nearby

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 ...

(at 97 km away), Venezuela's capital city. Cagua has been, for a long time, an important industrial zone.

External links

Official Instagram account of the Sucre municipality

References

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