Aroa River (Venezuela)
| Aroa River | |
|---|---|
  Aroa River (Venezuela) (Venezuela) | |
| Native name | Rio Aroa |
| Country | Venezuela |
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| River mouth |
Boca de Aroa, Falcón, Venezuela 10°41′05″N 68°17′49″W / 10.684818°N 68.296895°WCoordinates: 10°41′05″N 68°17′49″W / 10.684818°N 68.296895°W |
The Aroa River is a river in northwestern Venezuela. It runs parallel and west of the Yaracuy River. The Aroa River empties into the Caribbean Sea.
In the 16th century it was known that there was gold in the Yaracuy, Santa Cruz and Aroa rivers, and in 1605 gold deposits were found in a small valley leading to the Aroa River.[1] The king gave the Aroa mines in perpetuity to Dr. Francisco Marín de Narváez and his heirs in exchange for 40,000 pesos.[2] In 1824 the mines were leased to British entrepreneurs.[3] They used the Aroa River to carry the ore by barge to the coast, where it was loaded onto ships.[4] The town of Aroa was the first town in the country to obtain electricity and telephone service. A cableway was built linking the mines to the town.[4]
References
- ↑ Silva 1993.
- ↑ Parque Bolivariano Minas de Aroa – Yaracuy.
- ↑ Yarrington 1997, p. 18.
- 1 2 Maddicks 2011, p. 342.
Sources
- Maddicks, Russell (2011-02-01), Venezuela: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 978-1-84162-299-6, retrieved 2016-08-17
- "Parque Bolivariano Minas de Aroa", Yaracuy, 21 May 2011, retrieved 2016-08-17
- Silva, Ricardo (27 September 1993), An introduction to artificial cavities in Venezuela during the colonial period, Caracas: Centro de exploraciones espeleológicas de la Universidad Simón Bolívar, retrieved 2016-08-17
- Yarrington, Douglas (1997-12-15), A Coffee Frontier: Land, Society, and Politics in Duaca, Venezuela, 1830–1936, University of Pittsburgh Pre, ISBN 978-0-8229-7494-9, retrieved 2016-08-17