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Cariaco
Sucre, Venezuela · South America
About Cariaco
Cariaco sits on the route: 30 minutes from Casanay.
Cariaco is in Sucre, Venezuela, with about 42,000 people. The nearest town is Casanay, about 15 km away.
Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Cariaco holding the Cariaco Basin.
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Austria, is the Plaza El Congreso, named after the Venezuelan Congress. The Mercado Municipal is a market at the heart of the city, near the Parque Democracia and the local stadium.
In 1997, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale occurred. In this event, 39 people died in the parish of Cariaco alone, and there was extensive material damage. Among the losses were the destruction of the Raimundo Martínez Centeno High School, the Valentín Valiente School, and the Estanislao Rendón School, which relocated to a different site after the earthquake.
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Cariaco is in Sucre, Venezuela, about 15 km from Casanay.
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- Population
- 41,589
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Venezuela
- Region
- Sucre
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
- Coordinates
- 10.4968, -63.5529
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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