Cumanacoa is a town in the state of

Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. It is the capital of the

Montes Municipality Montes is a municipality of Sucre, Venezuela. The capital is Cumanacoa Cumanacoa is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Montes Municipality. In 2012 Hurricane Isaac caused heavy rain in the area and the Manzanares ...

. In 2012

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caused heavy rain in the area and the

Manzanares River The Manzanares () is a river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, which flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama, passes through Madrid, and eventually empties into the Jarama river, which in turn is a right-bank tributary to the Tagus. In its u ...

overflowed its banks in the town of Cumanacoa inundating approximately 1,200 homes many of which were damaged and a few destroyed. Some residents had to be airlifted to safety. Similar flooding occurred elsewhere in the country, such as in

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 ...

where 40 families had to be evacuated.

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Crecida rio Manzanares Cumanacoa 2012
Populated places in Sucre (state) {{SucreVE-geo-stub