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Cariaco
Cariaco
	Coordinates: 10°29′42″N 63°33′09″W / 10.4950°N 63.5526°W
Country	Venezuela
State	Sucre
Time zone	UTC-4:30 (VST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4:30 (not observed)

Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Cariaco holding the Cariaco Basin.^[1] Near the Church of San Felipe de Austria, is the Plaza El Congreso, named after the Venezuelan Congress. The Mercado Municipal is a market at the heart of the city, near the Parque Democracia and the local stadium.

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^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cariaco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.

[1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cariaco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.

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