Cumaná

Cuman? (305,000 inhabitants) is the capital of Venezuela's Sucre State. It was the first city to be founded by Europeans on the South American mainland, an event that occurred in 1521 by a group of Spaniards comanded by Gonzalo de Ocampo. In its following history the city was on several occasions destroyed by earthquakes, leaving little of the old city.

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Today the city, situated at the mouth of the Manzanares river on the Caribbean coast in the NE of Venezuela, is home to one of five sites for the Universidad del Oriente and a busy maritime city with one of the largest tuna fleet in Venezuela. One of the best reason of reknown of the city is the nearby Mochima national park which boasts some of Venezuela's finest beaches.

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Sucre State: Estado Sucre is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided....