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Villa de Cura

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Country
  
Venezuela

Municipality
  
Zamora Municipality

Time zone
  
VST

Elevation
  
526 m

Population
  
89,364 (2011)

State
  
Aragua

Founded
  
25 May 1722

Postal code
  
2126

Area
  
22.5 km²

Local time
  
Monday 8:39 AM

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Weather
  
26°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 58% Humidity

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Villa de Cura or Villa de San Luis Rey de Cura ([ˈbiʝa ðe san lwis rei ðe ˈkuɾa]) is the main town in the Zamora district of the Aragua state in Venezuela.

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Map of Villa de Cura, Aragua, Venezuela

A small town, very dry between the months of October and April and rainy during the rest of the year, it is best known in Venezuela for being the cradle of one of the best all-male children choirs in the country, Niños Cantores de Villa de Cura (Villa de Cura Choirboys). The tiny town is also well known by its chicharrones and cachapas, all local foods.

Prominent residents

  • Amador Bendayán, film actor, radio comedian and TV entertainer
  • Consuelo Fernández, heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence
  • José Pérez Colmenares, ballplayer and member of the National Baseball Team that won the 1941 Baseball World Cup
  • References

    Villa de Cura Wikipedia