Nirgua is a city and the seat of the Nirgua Municipality in the state of

Yaracuy Yaracuy (, ;) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. Yaracuy is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. It is bordered by Falcón State, Falcón in the north, in the west by Lara State, Lara, in the south by Portug ...

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History

The city was founded on January 25, 1625, by Don Juan de Meneses.

Notable people

Orluis Aular Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (born 5 November 1996) is a Venezuelan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Aular participated in the 2023 Vuelta a España. After finishing in sixth place on Stage 4, he finished as runner-up on Stage 7 ...

(born 1996), professional cyclist *

Roniel Campos Roniel Campos Lucena (born 27 July 1993) is a Venezuelan professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2011 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Young rider classificat ...

(born 1993), professional cyclist *

Henri Falcón Henri Falcón Fuentes (born 19 June 1961) is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and retired Bolivarian Army non-commissioned officer. He served as mayor for two consecutive terms of Barquisimeto, Iribarren Municipality from 2000 to 2008 and as ...

(born 1961), Venezuelan politician * Yoendrys Gómez (born 1999), Major League Baseball pitcher * Humberto Rivas Mijares (1918–1981), journalist and diplomat *

Carlos José Ochoa Carlos José Ochoa (born December 14, 1980, in Nirgua, Yaracuy) is a Venezuelan road bicycle racer for amateur team Gobernación de Yaracuy AGV. Ochoa has also spent eight seasons as a professional; one with in 2006, and the remaining seven wit ...

(born 1980), professional cyclist * Leonel Quintero (born 1997), professional cyclist

References

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