Carora

Carora lies on the Morere River, a branch of the Tocuyo, southwest of Barquisimeto. Juan de Trejo founded the colonial town in 1569, but attacks by Indigenous people led settlers to abandon it. Juan de Salamanca refounded Carora in 1572, and it grew during the colonial period.

Its streets, square and churches formed a centre for the surrounding inland district. The contested founding reflects the resistance colonial settlement encountered as Spaniards established towns in territory already inhabited by Indigenous communities.