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Cariaco

Coordinates: 10°29′42″N 63°33′09″W / 10.4950°N 63.5526°W / 10.4950; -63.5526
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Cariaco
Cariaco is located in Venezuela
Cariaco
Coordinates: 10°29′42″N 63°33′09″W / 10.4950°N 63.5526°W / 10.4950; -63.5526
Country Venezuela
StateSucre
Time zoneUTC-4:00 (VST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4:00 (not observed)
La Iglesia de San Felipe de Austria in the centre of Cariaco.

Cariaco is a town in the state of Sucre, Venezuela. It is the capital of the Ribero Municipality. It stands a short distance up the Cariaco river and its port immediately on the coast is known as Puerto Sucre. It is at the head of the Gulf of Cariaco holding the Cariaco Basin.[1] Near the Church of San Felipe de Austria, is the Plaza El Congreso, named after the Venezuelan Congress. The Mercado Municipal is a market at the heart of the city, near the Parque Democracia and the local stadium.

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  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cariaco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.