CúaCúa Cúa Cúa (founded in 1690) is a small city capital of the Urdaneta Municipality, located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela with an altitude of 490 m. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average temperature that range from 18 °C to 28 °C, but with relative low humidity. With leafy forest and meadows, Cúa has a population of 123,000 (2004), mainly dedicated to services and industry (plastic pipes, paper rolls) it's a dormitory town. The most important districts  of Cúa are: "Nueva Cúa, Lecumberry, La Fila, Mume, Santa rosa" and "Aparay". The local Sanctuary of the Virgin of Betania has become famous for its attributed Marian apparitions. Cúa is one of the locations served by the IFE Ezequiel Zamora Mass Transportation System. Foundation. The first establishments of Cúa dates from the pre-Columbian period, being the first founders the "Quiriquires" natives, has like nickname "The Tuy Pearl", because its location at the borders of the Tuy River. After the officially foundation on October 6, 1690 by Fray "Manuel de Alesson", under the invocation of Our Lady of the  Rosary of Cúa, the first inhabitants came from different regions motivated by the agriculture, due to the fertility and strategic location of the valley. However, this town was founded initially at the site known as "Marín" in 1633, this first village was destroyed in its totality by a violent earthquake that affected a great part of the Tuy Valleys. The name of Cúa, according to some historians, has it origin from the "Cumanagotos" natives, from the Carib language that means "Crab", meaning that Cúa is the place where the crab abounds. Others affirm that its name is associate with Apacuana , a brave native woman from the region, that fought against the Spaniards. Others think that that name was giving in honor to the native "Cue", ally of the Spaniards, that helped in the foundation and consolidation of the town. Law and government. Cúa has one municipality: Urdaneta Municipality. Venezuelan law specifies that municipal governments have four main functions: executive, legislative, comptroller, and planning. The executive function is managed by the mayor, who is in charge of representing the municipality's administration. The legislative branch is represented by the Municipal Council, composed of seven councillors, charged with the deliberation of new  decrees and local laws. The comptroller tasks are managed by the municipal comptroller's office, which oversees accountancy. Finally, planning is represented by the Local Public Planning Council, which manages development projects for the municipality. Demographics. Cúa has a total area of 273 km (105.4 mi), with a population of 123,000 (2004), the city limits by the north with the municipalities Cristóbal Rojas (Charallave) and Guaicaipuro ("Paracotos" parish), by the south with "San Casimiro" municipality (Aragua state), by the east with "Tomás lander" municipality ("Santa Bárbara" and "Ocumare del Tuy" parishes) and by the west again with Guicaipuro municipality ("Tácata  parish). The main routes of communication are the Charallave-Cúa highway, that communicates this cities with the rest of the Tuy Valleys and Caracas, in addition to the connection with the Regional del Centro" Freeway, and the road to the Venezuelan plains, the highway to "Ocumare" and the highway towards "Tácata". Cúa Cúa (founded in 1690) is a small city capital of the Urdaneta Municipality, located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela with an altitude of 490 m. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall