Tapipa is a town in the state of Miranda,

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, in the

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near the

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. It was founded on 20 January 1784 as a settlement for labourers on surrounding cacao plantations. The population of Tapipa is largely

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. The 1971 census recorded 891 inhabitants.T. Arends, M.L. Gallango, A. Muller, M. Gonzalez-Marrero, and O. Perez Bandez
"Tapipa: A Negroid Venezuelan Isolate"
pp202-4; in Robert J. Meier, Charlotte M. Otten, Fathi Abdel-Hameed (eds, 1978), ''Evolutionary Models and Studies in Human Diversity'',

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{{Venezuela-geo-stub Populated places in Miranda (state) Populated places established in 1784