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Sucre Municipality, Aragua : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sucre, Aragua
Sucre Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 114,509.〔http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx〕 The town of Cagua is the shire town of the Sucre Municipality.〔http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip〕 The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Antonio José de Sucre. ==History== The town of Cagua was first established as ''Cagua la Vieja'' in 1620 and was originally made up of Spaniards.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 because of its proximity to Maracay, the state capital and Caracas. 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.
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