Yagua (Venezuela)

Yagua Church.

Traditional Festival of Flowers in Yagua.

Yagua is a Venezuelan parish located in the northern part of Lake Valencia, in the municipality of Guacara, in the state of Carabobo.

The origin of the name Yagua is in the language of the indigenous people of the area. 'Yagua' would be the Taíno name for the Attalea humboldtiana palm, very abundant in the region.

In the Vigirima area there are petroglyphs made by Indians from pre-Hispanic times.

Geography

The town of Yagua is located at about 59 meters above sea level in the northern part of Lake Valencia, at the foot of the Coastal Range. It has a total area of 22 km² Its limits according to the Official Gazette of the Carabobo State Extraordinary No. 1633 dated April 1, 2004 are: NORTH

With the Guacara Urban Parish, for a point of the La Josefina hill,

determined with Coordinates N. 1.141.800 and E. 619.100 at the source of the La Jabonera ravine. THIS: With the Guacara Urban Parish, since the birth of the La Jabonera ravine, to its mouth in the Guacara river, following waters down the said river to the bridge of the Valencia - Caracas highway. WEST: With the Municipality of San Diego, along the row La Josefina and Macomaco. SOUTH: With the Urban Parish Ciudad Alianza, from Punta de Tapiaca following the axis of the Valencia - Caracas highway to the El Nepe stream, (Coord. N. 1.131.400 and E. 621.000).

History

The area was inhabited thousands of years ago by the indigenous people of the Tacarigua Lake area. The town is founded on February 20, 1958, as part of the Indian town called Guacara. In the time of Juan Vicente Gómez, a large part of the area was owned by Don Antonio Pimentel, one of the lieutenants and compadre of the dictator.

On June 27, 1988, Yagua was elevated to the rural parish of Guacara.

The transport in a time not very remote was with mule drivers, carts drawn by horses, gradually adapting to the new changes began to be made through bicycles, scooters until the vehicles were incorporated and the routes of transport were established. private transport for the public in general, the transport route of Guacara was established, which had buses, the stops were requested by applauding to give thanks for the transfer to the site, the town still remembers one of those buses that is even At the end of the 20th century, it kept rolling by transporting its passengers and everyone recognized them by a particular name "El Kabubi de Yagua". Today we remember it and we can see it stationed as a true icon that is culturally absorbed as a historical review of the non-urban parish.

It was established from its inception in 1745 in a registration made by the coajuntor priest of Guacara, Don Pedro Garcés del Álamo, Yagua appeared as a neighborhood and it had a population of 1091 inhabitants and 175 houses, and, currently, is more than 18,000 inhabitants, and was elevated as a foreign parish of the Guacara municipality, by the legislative assembly of the Carabobo State, currently the Legislative Council, on June 27, 1988 and at this time of the century XXI, is still Non-Urban.

Geographic description

In Yagua there is a historic house called "La Concepción". The town is located at the foot of the mountains that are part of the Cordillera de la Costa. On the hill of Macomaco there is a cave known as "la Encantada". The territory has its groundwater.

There is a main square with a Catholic church, a parish house and the little squares or small squares are found throughout the parish from the Los Mangos sector, which has one near the river, the second as a square called " Maria Diaz" In honor of the midwife or midwife of the town in the Saman Azucena sector, the Malvinas square in the Malvinas sector.

Structurally, the parish is made up of twenty-six (26) communal councils, six (6) peasant settlements and by conformation of other sectors such as El Avispero.

Those who vigorously develop their projects for their homes and be able to achieve the services as achieved by the inhabitants of the Community Council of the La Milagrosa Community Council sector at km4 of the Yagua neighborhood, who formed and promoted the organization and planning to obtain the basic services for a good life through State financing. And thus promoting the other communal councils to achieve improvements in the parish.

Population

The current population of the rural parish of Yagua is just over 18 thousand people.

Infrastructure

In the surroundings of Yagua is the second most important fuel distribution center in Venezuela.

Yagua has an important sports center for the area, the Yagua Sports Center.

Near this town is the Bárbula-Guacara bypass that connects the Regional del Centro and Valencia-Puerto Cabello highways.

Main festivities

Flower Festival: On May 3, the day of the Cruz de Mayo, the religious of Yagua, accompanied by Catholic parishioners, climb one of the mountains in the area to place flowers on a cross that has been there for decades. When they return, the people of Yagua dress a cross with flowers that they place in the patios of their houses. Likewise, in the Church cultural acts are carried out in honor of the cross and each sector participates decorating its cross.

Different activities are also organized such as election of beauty queens, dance meeting, children's party, tribute to mothers, homage to the Virgin, sporting events. The inhabitants of each sector of Yagua organize floats and troupes with reasons related to flora and fauna. These creations are shown in the parades that generally take place during the last two Sundays of the month of May. This tradition began in the 1980s of the 20th century.

Parade of the Feast of Flowers in Yagua.