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Caicara del Orinoco

Coordinates: 7°39′N 66°10′W / 7.650°N 66.167°W / 7.650; -66.167
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Caicara del Orinoco
Town
Caicara del Orinoco is located in Venezuela
Caicara del Orinoco
Coordinates: 7°39′N 66°10′W / 7.650°N 66.167°W / 7.650; -66.167
Area
 • Total38 km2 (15 sq mi)
 • Water0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Petroglyphs near Caicara

Caicara del Orinoco is a town in, and the administrative seat of, Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, Venezuela.

Currently the Venezuelan government is building a bridge across the Orinoco at Caicara. When completed the bridge will be 2.4 km long.

Prehistory

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Alexander von Humboldt discovered petroglyphs carved in the granite and gneiss near the river at Caicara.[1] Further investigation revealed a large number of prehistoric petroglyphs in the area.[1]

History

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It was founded in the middle of the Eighteenth Century.

Politics

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The Mayor of Caicara del Orinoco is Rafael Gutiérrez,[2] a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Bendrat, T. A. (1912). "Discovery of Some New Petroglyphs near Caicara on the Orinoco" American Journal of Archaeology 16(4): pp. 518-523, pp. 518-519 (accessed via JSTOR)
  2. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/rafaelgpsuv?lang=en. Retrieved 2022-08-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)