Caricuao () is a district of
Caracas
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
. It is part of
Libertador municipality.
It is named after a powerful indigenous chief of the Caracas tribe, who fought bravely against the Spaniard Conquistadores; he and Tiuna chief were the first indigenous leaders to set up "armies" on their tribes to organize the battles against their enemies, the Spanish, to which they inflicted great losses as the native indigenous tribes were fighting the Spanish settlement.
Caricuao is known as the second vegetal reserve of Caracas. The most important public
zoo of the capital, the
Parque Zoológico Caricuao, is located there.
Since its foundation in 1961 it has had a strong cultural movement especially in the music, the first rocksteady, reggae and ska bands of Venezuela were born in this neighborhood, for this it is also known as "The Independent Republic of Reggae and Ska". From Caricuao broadcasts "Radio Perola", one of the most emblematic independent community radio stations in the nation.
Since it is a large neighborhood, it is possible to get there on several
Caracas Metro stations on Line 2 (the green one) such as
Caricuao,
Ruiz Pineda, and
Zoológico. A new subway line opened in October 2006 to connect
Las Adjuntas, a neighboring suburb, and Caracas to
Los Teques, capital city of
Miranda State and an important pole of development.
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Caricuao
{{Divisions of Caracas
Parishes of Capital District (Venezuela)