Acarigua

History

The first accounts of the Hacarygua territory was in the writings of German colonizer Nicolás Federmann, who arrived in one of the area's indigenous villages on December 15, 1530. He was headed to southwestern Llanos territory to search for the mythical city of El Dorado. In the winter of 1535, German colonizer Jorge Spira sought shelter and food during his travels in what is now Acarigua. It was established as the state capital of Portuguesa in 1927, but ten years later in 1937 Guanare took its place.

Geography

Acarigua is in a tropical savanna wet (Aw) Koppen climate type region. }} Fauna of the area includes macaws, jaguars, howler monkeys, pumas, and moths. The Thysania agrippina is one of the world's largest moths, with wings in size, and can be found in Acarigua. The saman or Samanea saman is the most widespread tree throughout the city. * Parque Musiu Carmelo * Parque Mittar Nakichenovich * Balneario Sabanetica * Balneario el Mamón * Parque Curpa, popularly known as José Antonio Páez Park.

Most-observed species

• Tropical Kingbird

  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  81
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  78
• Tropical Mockingbird

  Mimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) · Aves
  77
• Saffron Finch

  Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  74
• Carib Grackle

  Quiscalus lugubris Swainson, 1838 · Aves
  72
• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  67
• Blue-gray Tanager

  Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  64
• Southern Lapwing

  Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) · Aves
  63

Most recent

• M 4.6 — 2026-06-18
  33 km E of Boconó, Venezuela
• M 4.3 — 2026-06-14
  24 km W of Ospino, Venezuela
• M 4.8 — 2026-06-04
  28 km SW of El Tocuyo, Venezuela
• M 4.3 — 2024-03-29
  29 km SSW of El Tocuyo, Venezuela
• M 4.9 — 2024-03-28
  26 km SW of El Tocuyo, Venezuela
• M 4.1 — 2024-02-21
  22 km ENE of Boconó, Venezuela