Guacara is a city in

Carabobo State Carabobo State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The state capital city is Valencia, Venezuela, Valencia, which is also the country's main in ...

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 ...

, seat of Guacara Municipality. It was officially founded 1624, although it was already a settlement of indigenous people. It has an estimated population for July 2009 of 178,000 inhabitants. It is located northeast of Lake Valencia and has a river, the

Vigirima River Yagua is a Venezuelan town located to the Northwest of the Lake Valencia (Venezuela), Valencia Lake, in the Guacara Municipality in the Carabobo State. The area corresponds to the rural parish of the same name. In the area of Tronconero, Vigir ...

, which empties into the lake. It is connected to the Caracas-Valencia motorway and is 12 km from the city of

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

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