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Chuao is a small village located in the northern coastal range of Venezuela, founded in the 16th century. The village is famous for its cacao plantations. The village is surrounded by mountains and dense rainforests to the south and the Caribbean Sea to the north. The nearby Henri Pittier National Park the oldest national park in Venezuela created in 1937. There is no road access and visitors must come by boat from the town of Puerto Colombia along the coast, or by foot, crossing the mountains and the cloud forest from Turmero near Maracay. The Chuao plantations grow Criollo and hybrid varieties of cacao. Criollo beans from Chuao are of very high quality, and are considered Venezuela's finest beans together with Porcelana Blanca beans from Lake Maracaibo (another genetically pure variety of Criollo). Amedei, an Italian chocolate maker, and Chocolate NAIVE, a Lithuanian bean-to-bar chocolate maker,〔http://www.chocolatenaive.com〕 offer chocolate bars made with Chuao cacao. Naive was the winner of the European gold medal at the International Chocolate Awards in 2014.〔http://chocolatenaive.com/awards/〕〔http://www.internationalchocolateawards.com/2014/05/european-semi-final-winners-2014/〕 In November 2000, the cacao beans coming from Chuao region were awarded an appellation of origin under the title ''Cacao de Chuao'', allowing producers to negotiate higher prices and attract investment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Branding Matters: The Success of Chuao Cocoa Bean )〕 ==Gallery== File:Chuao 2012 001.jpg|Chuao Bay Image:cacao.jpg|Cacao beans Image:Chuao_cacao01.JPG|Chuao cocoa beans under the sun Image:Chuao_002.JPG|Plaza de Secado. The Church yard where the cocoa beans are sun dried Image:Chuao_003.JPG|Plaza de Secado. Boy helping his mother to collect the cocoa beans. Chuao. Venezuela Image:Chuao_004.JPG|Plaza de Secado. The mother collecting the cocoa away from the sun. Chuao. Venezuela Image:Chuao_001.JPG|Cocoa under fermentation process File:Iglesia de Chuao.JPG|Chuao church File:Chuao 2012 003.jpg|Chuao Fishers boats File:Chuao 2012 000.jpg|Chuao new town 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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