Cúa

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FieldValue
native_nameNuestra Señora del Rosario de Cúa
nicknameThe Tuy Pearl
website
image_skylineNuestra Señora del Rosario de Cúa Church 1.jpg
image_captionOur Lady of the Rosary of Cúa Church
image_flagFlag of Cúa 1.png
image_sealCoat of Arms of Cúa 1.png
pushpin_mapVenezuela
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_nameVenezuela
subdivision_name1Miranda
subdivision_name2Urdaneta
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameJonatan Herrera Campos (PSUV)
area_total_km2273
population_as_ofJuly 1, 2009
population_total127,900
population_density_km2468.50
elevation_m490
coordinates
blank_nameClimate
blank_infoAw
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Cúa (founded in 1690) is a small city capital of the Urdaneta Municipality, located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela with an altitude of 490 m. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average temperature that range from 18 °C to 28 °C, but with relative low humidity.

With leafy forest and meadows, Cúa has a population of 123,000 (2004), mainly dedicated to services and industry (plastic pipes, paper rolls) it's a dormitory town. The most important districts of Cúa are: Nueva Cúa, Lecumberry, La Fila, Mume, Santa rosa and Aparay.

The local Sanctuary of the Virgin of Betania has become famous for its attributed Marian apparitions.

Cúa is one of the locations served by the IFE Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System.

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Foundation

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 as 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.

Geography

Climate

|location = Cúa |metric first = yes |single line = yes |open = yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan high C = 30.8 |Feb high C = 32.0 |Mar high C = 33.4 |Apr high C = 34.3 |May high C = 33.6 |Jun high C = 32.1 |Jul high C = 31.4 |Aug high C = 31.9 |Sep high C = 32.7 |Oct high C = 32.8 |Nov high C = 32.3 |Dec high C = 30.8 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 24.7 |Feb mean C = 25.5 |Mar mean C = 26.8 |Apr mean C = 27.9 |May mean C = 27.9 |Jun mean C = 27.0 |Jul mean C = 26.4 |Aug mean C = 26.5 |Sep mean C = 27.0 |Oct mean C = 27.0 |Nov mean C = 26.6 |Dec mean C = 25.2 |year mean C = |Jan low C = 18.6 |Feb low C = 19.0 |Mar low C = 20.1 |Apr low C = 21.5 |May low C = 22.2 |Jun low C = 22.0 |Jul low C = 21.4 |Aug low C = 21.2 |Sep low C = 21.3 |Oct low C = 21.2 |Nov low C = 20.8 |Dec low C = 19.5 |year low C = |Jan humidity = 68.8 |Feb humidity = 68.1 |Mar humidity = 65.9 |Apr humidity = 66.3 |May humidity = 68.7 |Jun humidity = 70.9 |Jul humidity = 72.3 |Aug humidity = 71.5 |Sep humidity = 69.7 |Oct humidity = 69.6 |Nov humidity = 70.4 |Dec humidity = 69.5 |year humidity = |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMEH) |date=October 2012

Law and government

Cúa has one municipality: Urdaneta Municipality. Venezuelan law specifies that municipal governments have four main functions: executive, legislative, comptroller, and planning. The executive function is managed by the mayor, who is in charge of representing the municipality's administration. The legislative branch is represented by the Municipal Council, composed of seven councillors, charged with the deliberation of new decrees and local laws. The comptroller tasks are managed by the municipal comptroller's office, which oversees accountancy. Finally, planning is represented by the Local Public Planning Council, which manages development projects for the municipality.

Demographics

Cúa has a total area of 273 km2 (105.4 mi2), with a population of 123,000 (2004), the city limits by the north with the municipalities Cristóbal Rojas (Charallave) and Guaicaipuro (Paracotos parish), by the south with San Casimiro municipality (Aragua state), by the east with Tomás lander municipality (Santa Bárbara and Ocumare del Tuy parishes) and by the west again with Guicaipuro municipality (Tácata parish). The main routes of communication are the Charallave-Cúa highway, that communicates this cities with the rest of the Tuy Valleys and Caracas, in addition to the connection with the Regional del Centro Freeway, and the road to the Venezuelan plains, the highway to Ocumare and the highway towards Tácata.

Cúa districts

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Parishes

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  • Cúa
  • Nueva Cúa

Transportation

  • Buses are the main means of mass transportation, operated by several companies on normal streets and avenues:
    • bus; large buses.
    • buseta; medium size buses.
    • microbus or colectivo; vans or minivans.
  • IFE; train services to and from Caracas and Charallave.

Main avenues

  • Perimetral avenue
  • Monseñor Pellín avenue
  • José María Carreño street
  • El Rosario street
  • El Carmen street
  • Lecumberry street
  • San Rafael street
  • Juan España street
  • Zamora street

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Estadísticos Básicos Temperaturas y Humedades Relativas Máximas y Mínimas Medias". INAMEH.
  2. "Estadísticos Básicos Temperaturas y Humedades Relativas Medias". INAMEH.
  3. Comisión de Legislación. Municipio El Hatillo. Estado Miranda. (2006). "Autoridades Municipales".
  4. Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela. "Poder Público Municipal".
  5. [http://www.cne.gov.ve/documentos/sistemaelectoral08.php Law and government] {{webarchive. link. (2006-11-15)
  6. "2015 February « White Shark".

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