Zaraza, Guárico

Zaraza is a city in the Venezuelan state Guárico. It is located in the Llanos.

History

In 1645 founded Miguel de URBES, inferior of the conquistador Joan Orpí, the village of San Miguel de la Nueva Tarragona del Batey at the inflow of Unare and Quebrada Honda. The village was abandoned a few years later. Near the Andalusian monk Anselmo Isidro de Ardales founded the Indian village of Santo Tomás de Tucupido with settlers of Palenque and Cumanagoto strains.

1740 bought Carlos del Peral for 30 pesos a large land area and built the Hacienda de Perales Chaguaramal or del Batey. There he had a chapel for the Holy Miguel build. For the year 1767 already weddings and baptisms were held in this chapel.

On May 7, 1783 Bishop Mariano Martí visited the village and reported Chaguaramal had 119 houses and 117 houses were there in the area. The total population was 1607 inhabitants. The village produced cotton, rice, corn, bananas, wheat and cassava. There were also cattle.

Independence

During the Revolutionary War, the population remained on the side of the Spanish Government. 1816 Pedro Zaraza occupied the village with his troops and burned it down.

On 2 December 1817, the Battle of La Hogaza took place nearby. There Zaraza was defeated by the Spanish officer Miguel de la Torre.

After independence,

1839 the first school for boys was founded. It was only in 1856 founded the first school for one girl.

On March 5, 1853, the city was renamed according to a congressional decree. The city is named since Zazara. 1854 lived in Zaraza already 14636 inhabitants.

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• Place in Guárico