Cúa
Cúa (founded in 1690) is a small city capital of the Urdaneta Municipality, located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela with an altitude of 490 m. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average temperature that range from 18 °C to 28 °C, but with relative low humidity.
Cúa
Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Cúa | |
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Our Lady of the Rosary of Cúa Church | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname: The Tuy Pearl | |
Cúa | |
| Coordinates: 10°10′N 66°53′W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Miranda |
| Municipality | Urdaneta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edicson Sarmientos (2008–2012) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 273 km2 (105 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) |
| Population (July 1, 2009) | |
| • Total | 127,900 |
| • Density | 468.50/km2 (1,213.4/sq mi) |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | Urdaneta Municipality website |
With leafy forest and meadows, Cúa has a population of 123,000 (2004), mainly dedicated to services and industry (plastic pipes, paper rolls) it's a dormitory town. The most important districts of Cúa are: Nueva Cúa, Lecumberry, La Fila, Mume, Santa rosa and Aparay.
The local Sanctuary of the Virgin of Betania has become famous for its attributed Marian apparitions.
Cúa is one of the locations served by the IFE Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System.