Mucurubá

Coordinates: 8°42′28″N 70°59′30″W / 8.70778°N 70.99167°W / 8.70778; -70.99167

Mucurubá
Mucurubá
Coordinates: 8°42′28″N 70°59′30″W / 8.70778°N 70.99167°W / 8.70778; -70.99167
Country	Venezuela
States	Mérida
Municipalities	Rangel Municipality
Elevation	2,407 m (7,897 ft)
Population
– Total	4,700

Mucurubá is a community in Mérida state, Venezuela, in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental. It is 2,407 m above sea level, about 32 kilometers from the city of Mérida. It is a parish within the Rangel Municipality. The name is derived from the words "muco" (place) and "ruba" (a tuber similar to potato) in the language spoken by the pre-Colombian inhabitants. The settlement was found in 1586 by Bartolomé Gil Naranjo.

The climate is cool and dry, with an average temperature of 16.5° C, suitable for irrigated farming of crops such as potato, carrot, lettuce, garlic, blackberries, strawberries, peaches and figs. In colonial times, corn was an important crop, ground in water mills.^[1]

References

1. ^ "PUEBLOS DEL PÁRAMO: MUCURUBÁ". CIBERTRONIC C.A. http://www.meridapreciosa.com/mucuruba/. Retrieved 2009-11-20.