Parapara, Guárico

Parapara
Parapara de Ortíz
Parapara
Coordinates: 9°23′30″N 67°17′14″W / 9.39167°N 67.28722°W / 9.39167; -67.28722
Country	Venezuela
State	Guárico
Municipality	Juan Germán Roscio 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 Juan Germán Roscio Municipality. The city takes its name from an indigenous word for the fruit of the paraparo tree (Sapindus saponaria).

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.

House of Culture Felix Manuel Belisario

Place of birth of the famous and beloved Papaito

• Parapara's House of Culture
• Parapara in Venezuelan politics (New York Times)

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