Parapara, Guárico
Parapara | |
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Parapara de Ortíz | |
Parapara | |
Coordinates: 9°23′30″N 67°17′14″W / 9.39167°N 67.28722°WCoordinates: 9°23′30″N 67°17′14″W / 9.39167°N 67.28722°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Guárico |
Municipality | |
Founded | 1660 |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,350 |
Time zone | VST |
Postal code | 2301 |
Climate | Aw |
Parapara or Parapara de Ortíz is a small city in Guárico, Venezuela. Parapara is also a parish (parroquia) of the . The city takes its name from an indigenous word for the fruit of the paraparo tree (Sapindus saponaria).
History[]
It was founded in 1660. Alexander von Humboldt travelled through this region in 1800 and described it in his Personal narrative of travels to the equinoccial regions. At the time the village's main source of income was the exploitation of gypsum, which was sent to Caracas.
President Joaquín Crespo spent many years of his life here.
Important buildings[]
House of Culture Felix Manuel Belisario
Important people[]
Place of birth of the famous and beloved Papaito
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Guárico
- Populated places established in 1660
- 1660 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- Venezuela geography stubs