Mucurubá is a community in
Mérida state
Mérida or Merida may refer to:
Places
* Mérida (state), one of the 23 states which make up Venezuela
* Mérida, Mérida, the capital city of the state of Mérida, Venezuela
* Merida, Leyte, Philippines, a municipality in the province of Leyte
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,
Venezuela
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, in the foothills of the
Cordillera Oriental. It is 2,407 m above sea level, about 32 kilometers from the city of
Mérida. It is a parish within the
Rangel
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Rangel is a toponymic surname. The origin of the term is uncertain but French And Germanic roots are discussed, one are from the German "ragin-walt" - a mighty ruler.
Other theory about the origin ...
Municipality. The name is derived from the words "muco" (place) and "ruba" (a tuber similar to potato) in the language spoken by the pre-Columbian inhabitants. The settlement was found in 1586 by
Bartolomé Gil Naranjo
Don Bartolomé Gil Naranjo was a Spanish judge who founded several settlements in the province of Mérida in what is today Venezuela in the late 16th century. His purpose was to gather the indigenous people in villages under Spanish control in par ...
.
The climate is cool and dry, with an average temperature of 16.5 °C, suitable for irrigated farming of crops such as potato, carrot, lettuce, garlic, blackberries, strawberries, peaches and figs. In colonial times, corn was an important crop, ground in water mills.
References
Populated places in Mérida (state)
https://sites.google.com/view/mucuruba
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