Güigüe

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Güigüe in the state of Carabobo
Güigüe Abbey Church

Güigüe is a small town south of Lake Valencia , in the state of Carabobo in Venezuela . It is the capital of the district ( Municipio ) Carlos Arvelo .

history

Güigüe was founded in 1724. Father Nicolás Ambrosio Maestre began building the first church in 1747.

Demographics

Güigüe has over 60,000 inhabitants.

Population development
year 1990 1992 1995 1998 2000 2005
Residents 45,339 47,747 51,302 54,781 57.043 62,464

Source: population statistics

Attractions

The Güigüe Abbey is known for its architecture, for the Gregorian chant and for agricultural products.

Individual evidence

  1. Carabobo Proyección de la población por municipios y parroquias, al (30-06) 1990 - 2020 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Universidad De Los Andes, accessed July 3, 2018 (sp.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / iies.faces.ula.ve

Coordinates: 10 ° 5 ′  N , 67 ° 47 ′  W