Turmero is a city in the

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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 ...

in northern

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. It is the capital of

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. The city was officially established on 27 November 1620 with the founding of a church, ''Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Candelaria'', in an existing village.

Landmarks

* Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua (established in 1986) * La Encrucijada de Turmero

Notable people born in Turmero

* Francisco José Cróquer (1920–1955), sportscaster and racing driver * Balbino Blanco Sánchez (1925-1990), periodista, declamador, poeta *

William Cuevas William Enrique Cuevas Osorio (born October 14, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tig ...

(born 1990), professional baseball player *

Francisco Linares Alcántara Francisco de Paula Linares Alcántara (13 April 1825 – 30 November 1878) was the president of Venezuela (1877–1878) and a member of the Liberal Party of Venezuela. Personal life Francisco Linares Alcántara was born on April 13, 1825 in ...

(1825–1878),

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Yohan Pino Yohan Jose Alana Pino (born December 26, 1983) is a Venezuelan-Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the Tommasin Padova of the Italian Baseball League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City ...

(born 1983), professional baseball player * Abraham Torres (born 1968), Olympic boxer *

José Luis Valbuena José Luis Valbuena (born March 19, 1971 in Turmero, Aragua) is a former bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who had a total number of 30 professional fights during his career. He is best known for knocking down Carlos Barreto on October 9, 1999. ...

(born 1971), Pan American Games boxer * Stephanie de Zorzi (born 1993), Model and Miss Earth Venezuela 2016

Sources

Turmero – Historia, geografía, personajes y cultura
(Spanish)
Turmero – Historia, huellas y testimonio
(Spanish) 1620 establishments in the Spanish Empire Cities in Aragua Populated places established in 1620 {{Venezuela-geo-stub