Capatarida

Capatárida lies near the coast west of Coro, in the dry country of northwestern Venezuela. It was inhabited by Caquetío communities whose lands and local leaders remained important under Spanish rule. In the seventeenth century Caquetío people contested encroachments on their lands, and colonial records also describe their chiefs helping to watch the coast against contraband. The settlement forms part of a region of dry plains and intermittent rivers.