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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 Rosario de Cagua, which was changed to San Jose de Cagua during the 18th century. The city is now known as Cagua, origin of the name, comes from an aborigin voice "Cahiua", it means snail
Cagua is a small city, we could find a lot of squares, its weather is tropical-heat. It's one of the most important cities of Aragua state because it's close to Maracay, the capital city of Aragua and even closer to Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. 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 aboriginal were burned alive by Spaniard colonizerds; this mountain is a great mine of marmol and a typical plant reserve such as Araguaney, Samán, Bucare and Apamate.
Sites of interest
- Sucre square
- Casa Guipuzcoana
- Marmol Mines
- Empalado Mountain
- Old Mill
- Saint Joseph Church
- Taiguaiguay Lake
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