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Urdaneta, Miranda
Urdaneta is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 130,641.〔http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/miranda/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls〕 The town of Cúa is the shire town of the Urdaneta Municipality.〔http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Miranda.zip〕 The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.
==History==
The first establishments of Cúa dates from the pre-Columbian period, being the first founders the ''Quiriquires'' natives, has like nickname ''The Tuy Pearl'', because its location at the borders of the Tuy River. After the officially foundation on October 6, 1690 by fray ''Manuel de Alesson'', under the invocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Cúa, the first inhabitants came from different regions motivated by the agriculture, due to the fertility and strategic location of the valley. However, this town was founded initially at the site known like ''Marín'' in 1633, this first village was destroyed in its totality by a violent earthquake that affected a great part of the Tuy Valleys.
The name of Cúa, according to some historians, has it origin from the ''Cumanagotos'' natives, from the Carib language that means ''Crab'', meaning that Cúa is the place where the crab abounds. Others affirm that its name is associate with ''Apacuana'', a brave native woman from the region, that fought against the Spaniards. Others think that that name was giving in honor to the native ''Cue'', ally of the Spaniards, that helped in the foundation and consolidation of the town.
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