Tapipa
Tapipa | |
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.svg)  Tapipa | |
| Coordinates: 10°14′N 66°19′W / 10.233°N 66.317°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Miranda |
| Municipality | Acevedo, Venezuela |
| Founded | 20 January 1784 |
| Time zone | VST |
| Climate | Af |
Tapipa is a town in the state of Miranda, Venezuela, in the Venezuelan Coastal Range near the Tuy River. It was founded on 20 January 1784 as a settlement for labourers on surrounding cacao plantations. The population of Tapipa is largely Afro-Venezuelan. The 1971 census recorded 891 inhabitants.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ T. Arends, M.L. Gallango, A. Muller, M. Gonzalez-Marrero, and O. Perez Bandez, "Tapipa: A Negroid Venezuelan Isolate", pp202-4; in Robert J. Meier, Charlotte M. Otten, Fathi Abdel-Hameed (eds, 1978), Evolutionary Models and Studies in Human Diversity, Walter de Gruyter
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