Yagua is a Venezuelan town located to the Northwest of the
Valencia Lake
Lake Valencia (), formerly Lake Tacarigua, is a lake within Carabobo State and Aragua State in northern Venezuela.
Geography
Lake Valencia is the third largest lake in Venezuela, after Lake Maracaibo and Lake Guri reservoir.
The lake is locate ...
, in the
Guacara Municipality
The Guacara Municipality is one of the fourteen municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo. according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 176, ...
in the
Carabobo
Carabobo State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The state capital city is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is and ...
State. The area corresponds to the rural parish of the same name.
In the area of Tronconero, Vigirima, there are petroglyphs made by pre-Colonial Indians.
History
The entire area became inhabited thousands of year ago by the Indians of the Tacarigua Lake (Valencia Lake).
The town of Yagua was founded on 20 February 1694, at the same time as the city of Guacara.
Until 1935 a large part of the area was property of Pimentel, a friend of dictator
Juan Vicente Gómez
Juan Vicente Gómez Chacón (24 July 1857 – 17 December 1935) was a Venezuelan military general, politician and '' de facto'' ruler of Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935. He only officially served as president on three occasions d ...
.
Yagua became a rural parish on 27 June 1988.
Population
There are some 18,000 people living in the area.
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, 1990 , , align="right" , 10,145
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, 1991 , , align="right" , 10,596
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, 1992 , , align="right" , 11,057
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, 1993 , , align="right" , 11,528
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, 1994 , , align="right" , 12,010
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, 1995 , , align="right" , 12,501
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, 1996 , , align="right" , 13,002
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, 1997 , , align="right" , 13,513
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, 1998 , , align="right" , 14,034
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, 1999 , , align="right" , 14,564
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, 2000 , , align="right" , 15,103
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, 2005 , , align="right" , 17,942 (proyección)
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Población de Parroquias de Carabobo
Infrastructure
The second most important oil distribution centre of Venezuela is located in the outskirts of the town proper.
Yagua has an important sport centre for the area, the Centro Deportivo Yagua.
Populated places in Carabobo
Populated places established in 1694
1694 establishments in the Spanish Empire