Ocumare del Tuy explained

Official Name:Ocumare del Tuy
Pushpin Map:Venezuela
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name:Venezuela
Subdivision Name1:Miranda
Subdivision Name2:Lander Municipality
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:166,112
Timezone:VST
Coordinates:10.1136°N -66.7814°W
Elevation M:150
Population Blank1 Title:Demonym
Population Blank1:Ocumareño/a
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1209
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Ocumare del Tuy is a city located in Miranda State in northern Venezuela, the shire town of the Lander Municipality. Ocumare del Tuy is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average temperature that ranges from 64 to 83 °F (18 to 28 °C), but with relatively low humidity.

Ocumare del Tuy has a population of around 160,000 (2005), mainly dedicated to agriculture (cocoa, coffee, sugar cane) and livestock farming (pigs, but also cattle), with leafy forest and meadows.

Ocumare del Tuy was the capital of the state of Miranda between 1904 and 1928, when it moved to Petare and later to Los Teques.

Notable people