Bárbula is a locality in

Naguanagua Municipality The Naguanagua () municipality is one of the 14 Municipalities of Venezuela, municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the mun ...

, Venezuela. It has the main campus of the

University of Carabobo The University of Carabobo (Spanish: ''Universidad de Carabobo'') is an autonomous, public university of Venezuela located in Valencia, Venezuela. It offers graduate and postgraduate studies in different areas. The university offers a lot of gre ...

. The facilities include a

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, the ''Parque Universitario Palmetum''.

Battle of Bárbula

At the beginning of the 19th century Bárbula was a farm or

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, which was visited by

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, natural history, naturalist, List of explorers, explorer, and proponent of Romanticism, Romantic philosophy and Romanticism ...

. In 1813 the locality was the site of a battle, the , in which Colombian and Venezuelan independentists defeated

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troops. The background was that the

United Provinces of New Granada The United Provinces of New Granada was a country in South America from 1810 to 1816, a period known in Colombian history as '' la Patria Boba'' ("the Foolish Fatherland"). It was formed from areas of the New Kingdom of Granada, roughly corres ...

(Colombia) granted

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permission to lead a force to free Venezuela. The battle is mentioned in the

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in an allusion to the heroic death of

Atanasio Girardot Manuel Atanasio Girardot Díaz (2 May 1791 – 30 September 1813) was a Neogranadine military officer and one of the heroes of the Colombian War of Independence, Colombian and Venezuelan War of Independence, Venezuelan wars of Independence. H ...

. :Del

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

el cauce :se colma de despojos; :de sangre y llanto un río :se mira allí correr. :En Bárbula no saben :las almas ni los ojos, :si admiración o espanto :sentir o padecer.

Bárbula Tunnel

Bárbula Tunnel Bárbula Tunnel (Spanish: ''Túnel de Bárbula'') is a partly-constructed railway tunnel in Venezuela. It is between Las Trincheras and Naguanagua Municipality, Naguanagua in Carabobo state. The tunnel has a length of 7.8 km (4.8 mi), whi ...

is part of a railway under construction between

Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the count ...

and La Encrucijada ( Estado Aragua). The project to build the line of approx. 108 km is managed by

Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado The State Railways Institution (, or IFE) is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country. Its headquarters are located in Caracas, Venezuela. According to the 1999 Constitution, its renovation is a nati ...

. The tunnel has a length of 7.8 km (4.8 mi), which makes it the longest in South America.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Carabobo