Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The valley is home to the nation's tallest waterfall, Maracas Falls, which towers over the valley with a height of 91.5 meters (300 ft) and is the source of the Maracas River, which provides water for the surrounding communities. It is also the location of the main campus for the Seventh Day Adventist University of the Southern Caribbean. [2 ...
Maracas–Saint Joseph is a colloquial name used in Trinidad and Tobago to distinguish the Maracas Valley above the town of Saint Joseph from Maracas Beach. Maracas–Saint Joseph is one of the large valleys on the southern side of the Northern Range , while Maracas Beach lies on the opposite side of the mountains.
Officially established on March 5, 1701 by Bishop Diego de Baños y Sotomayor in the valleys of Tocopio and Tapatapa (what is known today as the central valley of Aragua) in northern Venezuela. According to the most accepted explanation, it was named after a local indigenous chief, and refers to the "Maracayo" ( Felis mitis ), a small tiger.
[2]: 87 Remains associated with the Saladoid people, a later cultural group of agriculturalists, are known from along the Tumpuna River in the Central Range, in the Maracas Valley, in Tacarigua just east of the Tacarigua River, and in the town of St. Joseph, the first capital of Trinidad under Spanish rule. [2]: 152–153
Maracas Valley in Trinidad and Tobago Maracas Beach; Maracas–Saint Joseph; Maracá Ecological Station in Brazil; Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station in Brazil; Maracá River, a river in Amapá, Brazil
The nation's highest waterfall, Maracas falls, lies at the foothills of El Tucuche, and is 91.5 meters (300 feet) high. [citation needed] El Tucuche is often climbed by hikers. [citation needed] There are two summits, the first summit ascends to above 2,000 feet (610 meters) and displays a 1000 feet sheer-vertical cliff. The second and highest ...
This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 03:12 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
By 1620 all the lands of Aragua were divided among some 40 encomenderos, who lived primarily in the Valley of Caracas. Maracay was founded in 1701. By 1780 La Victoria was a town with about 800 Indians who only spoke Spanish and more than 4 thousand people from other groups, including Spaniards, Creoles , mestizos , blacks and Zambos .