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Caicara de Maturín | |
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Coordinates: 9°48′59″N 63°36′55″W / 9.81639°N 63.61528°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Monagas |
Municipality | Cedeño |
Caicara de Maturín is the capital of the municipality of Cedeño in the state of Monagas in Venezuela. It is located in the western part of the Monagas state, northeast of the city of Punta de Mata. It was founded on April 20, 1731. It has approximately a little less than 20,000 inhabitants.
Some towns near Caicara de Maturín are Jusepin, Areo, San Félix de Cantalicio, Viento Fresco, Bejucales, Merecure, La Quebrada de Caicara, El Macal, La Laguna, El Caituco.
The area was inhabited by chaimas when Spanish Capuchin missionaries arrived, among them the Aragonese Fray Antonio de Blesa who founded a town with the name of Santo Domingo de Guzmán de Caycuar on April 20, 1731. Caicara means "quebrada de las ceibas" in the language of indigenous peoples.
In April 2013, President Nicolás Maduro, together with Governor Yelitza Santaella, visited the town of Caicara and inaugurated a type I Mercal. [1]
[1] https://elperiodicodemonagas.com.ve/monagas/distribucion-de-alcaldias-en-monagas-psuv-9-y-oposicion-4/ [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103233/http://www.laprensademonagas.info/Articulo.aspx?s=3&aid=146033