The Sucre Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities

Municipalities of Venezuela

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 (municipio

Municipio

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s) that makes up the Venezuela

Venezuela

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n state of Aragua

Aragua (state)

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 and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 120,302. The town of Cagua

Cagua

Cagua is a city of Venezuela, capital of the Sucre municipality. Cagua is part of the metropolitan area of Maracay.-History:Cagua was established in 1620 as "Cagua La Vieja", a town of original Spaniards. Cagua was rebuilt in its current location in 1622 with the new name of "Nuestra Señora del...

 is the shire town

County seat

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 of the Sucre Municipality. The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality

Sucre Municipality

Sucre Municipality may refer to:Bolivia* Sucre Municipality, Chuquisaca, Chuquisaca DepartmentColombia* Sucre, CaucaVenezuela*Sucre Municipality, Aragua*Sucre Municipality, Bolívar*Sucre Municipality, Falcón*Sucre Municipality, Mérida...

" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre

Antonio José de Sucre

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.

History

The town of Cagua was first established as Cagua la Vieja in 1620 and was originally made up of Spaniards. The origin of the name Cagua, comes from the native word Cahiua, which means snail. Cagua was rebuilt in its current location in 1622 under the new name of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Cagua, which was later changed to San Jose de Cagua during the 18th century. The city is now known as just Cagua.

Cagua is a small city with several squares and has a tropical climate. It's ones of the most important cities of Aragua

Aragua (state)

Aragua State is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni...

 because of its proximity to Maracay

Maracay

Maracay is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of Aragua. Most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the Girardot Municipality. The population as per the 2001 census was 750,000...

, the state capital and Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

. Cagua has been, for a long time, an important industrial zone.

One of its most important places are Casa Guipuzcoana and the Mountain "El Empalado", where original natives were burned alive by Spanish colonizers; this mountain is rich in marble and typical plants such as Araguaney, Samán, Bucare, and Apamate.

Sites of interest

• Sucre square
• Casa Guipuzcoana
• Marble Mines
• Empalado Mountain
• Old Mill
• Saint Joseph Church
• Taiguaiguay Lake

Demographics

The Sucre Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 120,302 (up from 109,723 in 2000). This amounts to 7.2% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 1582.92 PD/sqkm.

Government

The mayor of the Sucre Municipality is Carlos Augusto León Ascanio, elected on October 31, 2004 with 42% of the vote. He replaced Ivelisse Oliveros shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into two parish

Parish

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es; Capital Sucre and Bella Vista.

External links

• sucre-aragua.gob.ve