Coro

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Coro (disambiguation) .

Coro
Coordinates: 11 ° 25 ′  N , 69 ° 41 ′  W Coro​ Coro on the map of Falcón
Basic data
Country	Venezuela
State	Falcon
City foundation	July 26, 1527
Residents	258,000
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	44 km 2
Population density	4,545 inhabitants / km 2
height	17  m
Waters	Gulf of Venezuela
Post Code	4101
prefix	(+58) 268
Time zone	UTC -4: 30
City Presidency	Oswaldo Rodríguez León (PSUV)
San Francisco Church in Coro

Coro , officially Santa Ana de Coro , is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Falcón with about 258,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Caribbean Sea .

geography

The city is located on the north coast of Venezuela. In the north you can reach the Paraguaná peninsula via the isthmus of Médanos . In the northwest the Gulf of Coro extends as the marginal sea of ​​the Gulf of Venezuela . The Netherlands Antilles lie off the coast : Aruba in the north and Curaçao in the northeast . In the south, after a few kilometers, the hilly area of ​​the Sierra de Coro begins . The closest major cities are Barquisimeto in the south and Valencia in the southeast .

history

The city was founded on July 26, 1527 by the Spaniard Juan de Ampiés as Santa Ana de Coro . The term "Coro" comes from the Arawak language and means "wind". Coro was until 1547 - under the name of Neu-Augsburg - capital of the Wels colony of Little Venice and later the first diocese of Venezuela.

In August 1806 Francisco de Miranda landed on the coast with 500 men before the Wars of Independence in Venezuela and took control of Coro. However, he did not succeed in getting the population to support his efforts. After only five days he was driven away by the locals.

present

Typical houses in the old town

Coro is an important trading center for the region. The oil industry is of economic importance.

Due to their numerous churches and villas from the colonial era, including the Arcaya House and the cathedral , the old town of Coros and the port of La Vela were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993 . Heavy storms in 2004/05 caused numerous damage to the city, including the historic buildings. That is why Coro was entered on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger in 2005 . However, the World Heritage Committee had already considered the registration in order to counteract the neglect of the buildings and unregulated urban development. The plan for a new waterfront was particularly criticized.

Other attractions are the Médanos. These are shifting dunes that stretch along the isthmus that connects Coro with the Paraguaná peninsula. The Médanos National Park was established in 1974 to protect them .

In the west of Coro, important fossils have been found near the city of Urumaco since the 1970s ; The Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco has existed since 2000 .

Town twinning

Twin city of Coro is Torreon , Coahuila, Mexico .  

Climate table

Coro
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     28   32 23     15th   32 23     11   33 24     18th   34 25th     51   34 25th     22nd   35 25th     29   34 25th     33   35 25th     45   35 25th     71   34 25th     107   33 24     48   32 23 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Coro Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.5 31.7 32.7 33.7 34.4 34.6 34.3 34.9 35.3 34.1 32.9 31.6 O 33.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 22.5 22.8 23.5 24.5 25.1 25.2 24.8 25.1 25.4 25.1 24.2 23.2 O 24.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 28 15th 11 18th 51 22nd 29 33 45 71 107 48 Σ 478 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 9.4 9.6 9.3 7.8 8.0 8.5 9.2 9.3 8.7 8.1 8.4 8.6 O 8.7 Rainy days ( d ) 2 2 1 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 5 6th 5 Σ 41 Humidity ( % ) 75 74 73 75 76 75 74 75 76 78 78 77 O 75.5 Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Coro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
• Status report 2006 of the World Heritage Committee , p. 108ff (English, PDF; 725 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.paleobio.labb.usb.ve/museo.html
2. ↑ Newsletter Nov 12 - Invest in Torreon. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 18, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2017 . 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.