Caricuao
Caricuao is a district of Caracas, Venezuela. 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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Caricuao station
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 Las Adjuntas and Zoológico, on the branch leading to Zoológico.
Caricuao Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parque Zoológico Caricuao is a zoo in Caracas, Venezuela in the Parish of Caricuao located in the southwest region of the city. The park was created by Decree No.
Zoológico station
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 Las Adjuntas and Zoológico.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antímano and Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda.
Antímano
Suburb
Antímano is a district of Caracas, Venezuela. 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. Antímano is situated 4 km north of Caricuao.
Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda
Neighborhood
Photo: Jose Rafael Camejo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km north of Caricuao.
23 de Enero
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
23 de Enero is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality west of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. The parish receives its name from the date of the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état which overthrew dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. 23 de Enero is situated 10 km northeast of Caricuao.
Caricuao
- Categories: parish of Venezuela and locality
- Location: Libertador Municipality, Distrito Federal, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
10.43263° or 10° 25′ 57″ northLongitude
-66.98167° or 66° 58′ 54″ westElevation
976 metres (3,202 feet)Open location code
772MC2M9+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 2882798726OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Caricuao” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parroquia Caricuao”
- Dutch: “Caricuao”
- French: “Caricuao”
- Nhengatu: “creador”
- Nhengatu: “Joel Guitian.”
- Nhengatu: “Psuv Caricuao”
- Spanish: “Caricuao”
- Spanish: “Parroquia Caricuao (Caracas)”
- Spanish: “Parroquia Caricuao”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caricuao”. Photo: Eds salcedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.