Sarare
| San Nicolás de Sarare | ||
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Coordinates: 9 ° 47 ′ N , 69 ° 10 ′ W San Nicolás de Sarare on the map of Lara
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Venezuela | |
| State | Lara | |
| City foundation | 1716 | |
| - in the metropolitan area | 12,535 | |
| Detailed data | ||
| height | 270 m | |
| Waters | Sarare river | |
| Post Code | 3015 | |
| prefix | 251 | |
| Time zone | UTC -4.30 | |
| City patron | Saint Nicholas | |
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Sarare is a village in the Venezuelan state of Lara , 43 km from Barquisimeto . Sarare is the administrative center of the Simón Planas district. The village and its surroundings have about 12,535 inhabitants. The Sarare River flows along the village towards Orinoco .
geography
Sarare is located in the southeast of the state of Lara, not far from the state of Portuguesa . The village is located on a valley that separates the Andes and runs between Yaritagua in the north to Acarigua . The region is relatively mountainous and forms a continuation of the Venezuelan Andes. There are several fumaroles not far from Sarare . The most important is the so-called Volcán de Humo (Smoke Volcano).
Sarare is connected by a road with Barquisimeto in the north and Acarigua in the south.
history
Troops of the Welser expedition led by Georg Hohermuth von Speyer passed this region before 1538 on their way to Casanare. Andreas Gundelfinger and Sancho de Murga were stationed here with 9 knights and forty foot soldiers.
The village was founded in 1716 by the priest Pedro de Alcalá as an Indian mission on the banks of the Sarare River. The first inhabitants were 73 families of the Atures Indians. There were also Cherrecheres, Guamonteyes, Guamos, Colorados, Achaguas, Guáricos, Taparitas, Guayones, and Otomacos. A year after it was founded, the village was hit by an epidemic and depopulated.
In 1754, the priest Diego de Urbique founded the Mission of Saint Nicholas of Sarare.
Even in colonial times, the route along the Sarare River was an important trade route between the Llanos and the valleys of El Tocuyo and Barquisimeto.
Livestock farming suffered great damage in Venezuela during the Wars of Independence . The Federal War (1859–1864) was also very destructive for the region.
The dictator Juan Vicente Gómez bought one of the largest haciendas in the region, El Torrellero, in 1914 and turned it into one of the main livestock centers in the Venezuelan Llanos .
economy
Animal production is the most important industry in the region (especially cattle and pig breeding ). Mainly corn , sorghum and sugar cane are grown. There is also a distillery (Refinerías Unidas) and a branch of the state oil company PDVSA . Many of the workers in agriculture are day laborers .
politics
The mayor (since 2008) is Fermín Marín, from the PSUV . Marín received 40.51% of the vote in the 2013 election. In 2008, he won with 55.14% of the vote.
In the 2010 elections for the National Assembly, the PSUV received the most votes.
Infrastructure
Sarare has a public library, the Biblioteca Ezequiel Bujanda.
education
Sarare has several primary schools:
- Preescolar Banco Obrero
- Escuela Básica Estadal Sabaneta
- Escuela Estadal La Tronadora
- Escuela Estadal Mixta Camoruco
- Unidad Educativa Alcides Lozada
- Unidad Educativa Monseñor Salvador Montes de Oca
hospital
Sarare has had a hospital since 2009, the Dr Armando Velázquez Mago Hospital. It was opened by Hugo Chavez . According to the opposition, this hospital is said to have major deficiencies and some of it is no longer functional.
Attractions
- Las Mayitas Park covers an area of 15 hectares.
- The nearby mountain La Vieja has several caves that are interesting for speleologists . The largest cave is also called La Vieja.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geography of the region (in Spanish) ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marley, David (1998): Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the New World. Page 43
- ↑ Schepeler, Obristen (1833): History of the revolutions of Spanish America from 1808 to 1823. Publishing house by Jacob Anton Mayer . Page 166
- ↑ Gómez and Sarare (PDF; 761 kB)
- ↑ > 2013 elections
- ↑ 2008 election results
- ^ Hospital in Sarare
- ↑ Problems at the Sarare Hospital (in Spanish) ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2010 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.
- ↑ Park Las Mayitas (in Spanish) ( Memento of the original from June 4, 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.
