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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Chivacoa, Yaracuy
|nickname =
|motto = Cuna de Maria Lionza
|image_skyline = Estatua de Maria Lionza en Chivacoa.tif
|image_caption = Monument of [[María Lionza]], famous [[Venezuela|Venezuelan]] [[deity]] on the main avenue of the city.
|image_flag = Bandera Bruzual.jpg
|image_seal = Escudo Bruzual.jpg
| pushpin_map             = Venezuela
|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[States of Venezuela|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Venezuela|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Venezuela}}[[Venezuela]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Yaracuy State]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Bruzual Municipality]]
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 11 February 1695
|established_title2 =
|established_date2 =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name  =
|area_total_km2 = 417
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 59,059
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = [[Venezuelan Standard Time Zone|VST]]
|utc_offset = &minus;4
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|coordinates       = {{coord|10|9|36|N|68|54|35|W|region:VE-R|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes=
|elevation_m = 296
|population_blank1_title = [[Demonym]]
|population_blank1 = Chivacoeño/a
|blank1_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank1_info = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]]
|area_code =
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 3202
|website = [https://archive.today/20061008025551/http://bruzual-yaracuy.gob.ve/ bruzual-yaracuy.gob.ve]{{in lang|es}}
|footnotes =
}}
'''Chivacoa''' is the capital city of [[Bruzual Municipality]] in [[Yaracuy State]], [[Venezuela]].  It has a population of about 60,000. This town is very famous by Mystic Rituals in Sorte Mountain. [[Maria Lionza]]. Their Carnival Party is also famous. It was officially founded in 1695 by the Spanish, but was preceded by a native settlement of the [[Caquetio people]].
==References==
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[[Category:Cities in Yaracuy]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1695]]
[[Category:1695 establishments in the Spanish Empire]]
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