Yagua, Venezuela

Place in Carabobo, Venezuela

Yagua

Yagua church

Yagua

Location in Venezuela

Coordinates: 10°15′23″N 67°54′17″W﻿ / ﻿10.25639°N 67.90472°W﻿ / 10.25639; -67.90472
Country|  Venezuela
State| Carabobo
Municipality| Guacara Municipality
Founded| 1694
Time zone| UTC−4 (VET)
Traditional Festivity of the Flowers in Yagua

Yagua is a Venezuelan town located to the Northwest of the Valencia Lake, in the Guacara Municipality in the Carabobo State. The area corresponds to the rural parish of the same name.

In the area of Tronconero, Vigirima, there are petroglyphs made by pre-Colonial Indians.

## History

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The entire area became inhabited thousands of year ago by the Indians of the Tacarigua Lake (Valencia Lake). The town of Yagua was founded on 20 February 1694, at the same time as the city of Guacara. Until 1935 a large part of the area was property of Pimentel, a friend of dictator Juan Vicente Gómez.

Yagua became a rural parish on 27 June 1988.

## Population

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There are some 18,000 people living in the area.

Year  | Population

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1990 | 10,145
1991 | 10,596
1992 | 11,057
1993 | 11,528
1994 | 12,010
1995 | 12,501
1996 | 13,002
1997 | 13,513
1998 | 14,034
1999 | 14,564
2000 | 15,103
2005 | 17,942 (proyección)

Población de Parroquias de Carabobo

## Infrastructure

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The second most important oil distribution centre of Venezuela is located in the outskirts of the town proper.

Yagua has an important sport centre for the area, the Centro Deportivo Yagua.