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Barquisimeto

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Barquisimeto , city (1990 pop. 625,450), capital of Lara state, NW Venezuela, on the Pan-American Highway . Surrounded by good grazing country, the city is a commercial center that ships cattle, coffee, cacao, sugar, and sisal. There are industries producing foodstuffs, rope, and cement. Founded in 1552, the city was the site of the surrender and execution (1561) of the Spanish rebel and adventurer Lope de Aguirre . Barquisimeto was rebuilt after an earthquake in 1812. It is the site of Lisandro-Alvarado Central-Western Univ.

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Barquisimeto

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Barquisimeto, Venezuela Nueva Segovia Founded in 1522 by the temporary Spanish governor, Juan de Villegas, who named it after his home in Spain. Its present name is a corruption of Variquecemeto, an old native word meaning ‘River of Ash‐coloured Water’. This is the third site for the city which now lies on the Turbio River.

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