Caicara del Orinoco is a town in, and the administrative seat of, Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, Venezuela.
Caicara del Orinoco | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 7°39′N 66°10′W / 7.650°N 66.167°W | |
Area | |
• Total | 38 km2 (15 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
Currently the Venezuelan government is building a bridge across the Orinoco at Caicara. When completed the bridge will be 2.4 km long.
Alexander von Humboldt discovered petroglyphs carved in the granite and gneiss near the river at Caicara.[1] Further investigation revealed a large number of prehistoric petroglyphs in the area.[1]
It was founded in the middle of the Eighteenth Century.
The Mayor of Caicara del Orinoco is Rafael Gutiérrez,[2] a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
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