Bárbula is a locality in

Naguanagua Municipality The Naguanagua () municipality is one of the 14 municipalities ( municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population ...

, Venezuela. It has the main campus of the

University of Carabobo The University of Carabobo ( Spanish: ''Universidad de Carabobo'') is an autonomous, public university of Venezuela located in Valencia, Venezuela. It offers graduate and postgraduate studies in different areas. The university offers a lot of gr ...

. The facilities include a

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, the ''Parque Universitario Palmetum''.

Battle of Bárbula

At the beginning of the 19th century Bárbula was a farm or

hacienda An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchard ...

, which was visited by

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

. In 1813 the locality was the site of a battle, the , in which Colombian and Venezuelan independentists defeated

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troops. The background was that the

United Provinces of New Granada The United Provinces of New Granada was a country in South America from 1810 to 1816, a period known in Colombian history as ''la Patria Boba'' ("the Foolish Fatherland"). It was formed from areas of the New Kingdom of Granada, roughly corresp ...

(Colombia) granted

Simon Bolivar Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

permission to lead a force to free Venezuela. The battle is mentioned in the

National Anthem of Colombia The "National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia" ( es, Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia, ) is the official name of the national anthem of Colombia. It was originally written as a poem in 1850 by future President Rafael Núñez as an ...

in an allusion to the heroic death of

Atanasio Girardot Manuel Atanasio Girardot Díaz (2 May 1791 – 30 September 1813) was a Colombian revolutionary leader. Son of Louis Girardot, wealthy merchant and French miner, Girardot fought with Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima ...

. :Del

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wo ...

el cauce :se colma de despojos; :de sangre y llanto un río :se mira allí correr. :En Bárbula no saben :las almas ni los ojos, :si admiración o espanto :sentir o padecer.

Bárbula Tunnel

Bárbula Tunnel is part of a railway under construction between

Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the coun ...

and La Encrucijada ( Estado Aragua). The project to build the line of approx. 108 km is managed by

Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado The State Railways Institution ( es, "Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado", or IFE) is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country. Its headquarters are located in Caracas, Venezuela. According to th ...

. The tunnel has a length of 7.8 km (4.8 mi), which makes it the longest in South America.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Carabobo