Cariaco
Cariaco | |
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| Coordinates: 10°29′42″N 63°33′09″W / 10.4950°N 63.5526°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Sucre |
| Municipality | Ribero |
| Population | |
• Total | 38,215 |
| Time zone | UTC-4:00 (VST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4:00 (not observed) |
Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Cariaco holding the Cariaco Basin.[1][2]
Near the Church of San Felipe de Austria, is the Plaza El Congreso, named after the Venezuelan Congress. The Mercado Municipal is a market at the heart of the city, near the Parque Democracia and the local stadium.
In 1997, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale occurred. In this event, 39 people died in the parish of Cariaco alone, and there was extensive material damage.[3][4] Among the losses were the destruction of the Raimundo Martínez Centeno High School, the Valentín Valiente School, and the Estanislao Rendón School, which relocated to a different site after the earthquake.
References
[edit]- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cariaco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.
- ↑ "Gobierno en Línea". www.gobiernoenlinea.ve. Archived from the original on 2004-08-06. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- ↑ Sahhar, Georgette (2023-07-09). "Terremoto de Cariaco: testimonios sobre un evento que marcó a cientos de familias". El Diario Venezuela - elDiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- ↑ León, Daniela (2025-09-25). "Los sismos más fuertes registrados en la historia de Venezuela". El Diario Venezuela - elDiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-13.
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