El Tocuyo is a fertile valley and city in west-central Venezuela at 622 m (2,041 ft) elevation. It is located in south-central Lara State about 60 km southwest of Barquisimeto. The town of El Tocuyo was founded by Juan de Carvajal in 1545 on the banks of the Tocuyo River and it was the administrative capital of Venezuela Province from 1546 to 1548. Its original name was Nuestra Señora de la Pura y Limpia Concepción del Tocuyo. El Tocuyo is now just the municipal seat of Morán. Its population is 41,327 (2001).
The surrounding area has good soil and an ideal climate for agriculture, dry and warm with plenty of water available from the Tocuyo River. The area has been occupied since prehistoric times. When the Spanish arrived they found the Gayones Indians, who inhabited this valley, sowing corn and other agricultural products as cotton and yucca. After the Spanish came, sugar cane was, for centuries, the biggest crop; but since 1980 vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, chiles, and potatoes are taking its place.[citation needed]
ElTocuyo is a fertile valley and city in west-central Venezuela at 622 m (2,041 ft) elevation. It is located in south-central Lara State about 60 km...
and a traveling companion, Bartholomeus VI. Welser, were executed in ElTocuyo by the Spanish authorities. In 1535, Sebastian de Benalcazar, a lieutenant...
post-mortem trial of residence held in ElTocuyo, Aguirre was found guilty of the crime of Lèse-majesté. In Mérida and ElTocuyo several of his soldiers were brought...
Charles V and tried to take control of the province. In 1545 he founded ElTocuyo with German colonists of Coro. On Hutten's return to the capital, Santa...
first governor. Coro was the province's capital until 1546, followed by ElTocuyo (1546-1577). The capital was moved to Caracas in 1577 by Juan de Pimentel...
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Indian territory in search of gold. When Juan de Carvajal was founding ElTocuyo in 1545, Spaniards and some German-speakers (German, Flemish and Swiss...
the municipalities of Libertador in Distrito Capital, and Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo, and Sucre (Petare) in Miranda state. 2005 est 2010 estimate 2001...
explored Venezuela along with Philipp von Hutten and both were executed at ElTocuyo by local Spanish Governor Juan de Carvajal in 1546. From 1528 to 1556...
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expedition to find the mythical El Dorado, Carvajal tried to take control, and in 1545 he founded the settlement of ElTocuyo which became the colonists'...
dentistry student and was raised along with her two brothers in the city of ElTocuyo. Her father, Antonio, was born in the city of Tartus, Syria and her maternal...
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and Romania last competed in 2013, while the others last competed in 2014. El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Lebanon, Montenegro, and Serbia withdrew...
city of Calabozo by Cristóbal Rodríguez along with eleven families from ElTocuyo. He founded the town that he called San Luis de la Unión. From there the...
130 years since the Great Andes Earthquake. May 11: 280 years since the ElTocuyo Rebellion. May 22: 260 years since the founding of Ciudad Bolívar. July...
of ElTocuyo, in Morán Municipality (Lara). His parents were Rafael Alvarado and Gracia Benigna Marchena. In the school La Concordia (of ElTocuyo), run...
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