Caricuao

Caricuao is a district of , . It is part of Libertador municipality. It is named after a powerful indigenous chief of the Caracas tribe, who fought bravely against the Spaniard Conquistadores; he and Tiuna chief were the first indigenous…
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: civil parish (parroquia) in Libertador municipality, Capital District, Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Caricuao (Parish)” and “Parroquia Caricuao”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caricuao station and Caricuao Zoo.

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Caricuao is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 4 October 1987 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 from La Paz to and , on the branch leading to Zoológico.

Zoo
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Parque Zoológico Caricuao is a zoo in , in the Parish of Caricuao located in the southwest region of the city. The park was created by Decree No. 1682, dated March 7, 1974, but only open to the public from July 31, 1977.

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Zoológico is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 4 October 1987 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 from La Paz to and Zoológico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antímano and Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda.

Suburb
is a district of , . It is part of Libertador municipality. According to a 2007 estimate of the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, it had a population of 150,971 people in 2007. is situated 3½ km north of Caricuao.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km north of Caricuao.

Suburb
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is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality west of the city of , . The parish receives its name from the date of the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état which overthrew dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. is situated 10 km northeast of Caricuao.

Caricuao

Latitude
10.43263° or 10° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
-66.98167° or 66° 58′ 54″ west
Elevation
976 metres (3,202 feet)
Open location code
772MC2M9+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2882798726
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3481364
Wiki­data ID
Q5039539
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Caricuao” goes by many names.

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