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  2. Colonia Tovar - Wikipedia

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    Colonia Tovar (Tovar Colony) is a cold mountain town of Venezuela, capital of the municipality Tovar in Aragua state. It is located about 65.5 km (41 mi) west of Caracas.It was founded on April 8, 1843, by a group of 390 immigrants [1] from the then independent state of the Grand Duchy of Baden (later incorporated into Germany).

  3. Tovar Municipality, Aragua - Wikipedia

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    The Tovar Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 14,161. [1] The town of Colonia Tovar is the shire town of the Tovar Municipality. [2]

  4. Aragua - Wikipedia

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    The Municipality of Tovar, in the north of the state, is populated almost entirely by white people of German descent, since this was the site of the Tovar Colony, a town founded by Germans who immigrated to Venezuela in the nineteenth century. Rancho Abu Hanna in Turmero, Santiago Mariño Municipality

  5. German Venezuelans - Wikipedia

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    In Colonia Tovar, just a minority of its people speak the Colonia Tovar dialect, a German dialect said to be difficult to understand for native standard German speakers. Most of them have lost their language and culture over the years, keeping only some customs that have remained through programs to promote tourism in the region, considering it ...

  6. Immigration to Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    After independence in 1821, a lack of economic attractions and successive civil wars provided few incentives for immigration as Corsican immigration to Venezuela, with Corsicans playing a substantial role in the cocoa industry, German immigration included the founding of Colonia Tovar in 1843, and German traders played a significant economic role particularly around Maracaibo.

  7. List of cities and towns in Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    Map of Venezuela Caracas, Capital of Venezuela Maracaibo Valencia Barquisimeto San Cristóbal Ciudad Guayana Puerto la Cruz Pampatar Guarenas Porlamar. This is a list of cities, towns and communities in Venezuela. The state capitals are marked with a *.

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    Get the Colonia Tovar, Aragua local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  9. List of twin towns and sister cities in South America

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    Colonia Tovar [193] Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria; Diego Bautista Urbaneja [164] Hollywood, United States; Córdoba [4] Córdoba, Argentina; Coro [18] La Plata, Argentina; Cumaná [194] Tepebaşı, Turkey; Maracaibo