page_title: Valencia, Carabobo
section_title: Parks and points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Valencia, Carabobo / Sites of interest / Parks and points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Park in Valencia, Venezuela, children learning traffic rules Español: Parque en Valencia, Venezuela. Chicos aprenden las reglas de tránsito
context_page_description: Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
  The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. The population of Valencia and the nearby metropolitan area reached 1,827,165 in 2010, and it is expected to grow dramatically in the years to come. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay metropolitan region, which with a population of about 4.5 million is the country's second largest after that of Caracas. Caracas lies some 172 kilometres away to the east.
context_section_description: The Plaza Bolívar is noted for its monumental column surmounted by a statue of Simón Bolívar.
  The square dates back to the colonial period, and was renamed after Bolivar in the nineteenth century.
  In 1887, Antonio Guzmán Blanco the president of Venezuela, decided to remodel the square, erecting a monumental column. The project was also endorsed by General Hermógenes López, president of Carabobo State, who succeeded Guzmán Blanco as president of Venezuela.
  Negra Hipólita Park and Fernando Peñalver Park: a large park with gardens, concert halls, cultural centres and facilities for children to learn traffic rules and celebrate parties. The park surrounds the stream of the Cabriales River in the Northern part of the city. The whole park is divided: the east side is the Negra Hipólita Park, and the west side is the Fernando Peñalver Park.
  Valencia's Metropolitan Park (Parque Metropolitano): a park on the Central part of the city with horses and large bird cages with a large variety of parrots. The park surrounds the stream of the Cabriales River in the Central part of the city.
  Humboldt Park (Parque Humboldt): a park on the Southern part of the city where the Museum of Culture is located. The park surrounds the stream of the Cabriales River in the Southern part of the city.
  Recreational Southern Park (Parque Recreacional Sur): a park on the Southern part of the city where the Bull Ring is located, but also an area used for many concerts and national and international festivals and exhibitions.
  Valencia's Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia): Home to trained Amazon river dolphins, among many other species.  It also contains also a serpentarium, a terrarium and a small zoo with many animals endemic to Venezuela. It also has some facilities for children to play.
  Plaza Monumental de Valencia: this is second largest bullring in the world and is located right in Valencia's Recreational Southern Park.
  Cerro Casupo Municipal Park: a natural park on the mountains, some 693 hectares big, to the Northwest of the city.
caption: Children at the Fernando Peñalver Park learn traffic rules
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