Puerto Cumarebo | |
Nickname: | La Perta de Falcon (The Pearl of Falcon) |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 11.4861°N -69.3503°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Name1: | Falcón |
Subdivision Name2: | Zamora |
Established Title: | City Established |
Established Date: | May 17, 1845 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 393 |
Elevation M: | 13 |
Population Total: | 33,166 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Cumarebero/a |
Timezone1: | UTC |
Utc Offset1: | -4:30 |
Postal Code Type: | postal code |
Postal Code: | 4102 |
Area Code Type: | area code |
Area Code: | 0268 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Puerto Cumarebo capital of Zamora Municipality, Falcón state, Venezuela is located 40 miles east of Coro. Emerges in 1600 as population of black "Loangos" people escaped from Curacao. It was named after Cacique Cumarebo, head of the county to the arrival of the Spanish. On May 17, 1845 Canton of Pueblo Cumarebo moved to Puerto Cumarebo and thereafter the port acquires social and political organization of importance to the state. Called The Pearl of Falcón, Cumarebo consists mostly of coasts and plains crossed by rivers and small streams, as well hills gives it a mountain appearance, its climate is 27 °C, with an altitude of 13 meters.
Its economy is based on farming, fishing and handicraft, which predominates in the manufacture of furniture and fixtures of cactus, basketry, carvings in limestone, woven hats and brooms. Also has several banks, a cement plant and a dairy company, and there is often trading in Bolívar Street, located in the center of this town.
The Cumarebera cuisine is based on seafood in all its varieties, caldo e'playa, pickled mackerel, school shark mojito, rey, among others, the arepa pelada, arepa jojota, natilla, beef cheese, fried pork, doritos, pigeon pea, tapirama, dulce de leche, dulce de lechoza, and dabudeque.