El Pao, Cojedes

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El Pao, Cojedes
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Coordinates: 9°38′N68°08′W / 9.633°N 68.133°W / 9.633; -68.133 Coordinates: 9°38′N68°08′W / 9.633°N 68.133°W / 9.633; -68.133

El Pao is a town in Cojedes and seat of the Pao de San Juan Bautista Municipality. Its economy is mostly agricultural.

Cojedes (state) State of Venezuela

Cojedes State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Carlos.

Pao de San Juan Bautista Municipality Municipality in Cojedes, Venezuela

The Pao de San Juan Bautista Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 16,810. The town of El Pao is the municipal seat of the Pao de San Juan Bautista Municipality.

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The town was founded in 1661 by a Franciscan mission.

Geography

El Palo is located at an elevation of 132m above sea level.

Points of interest

The town has one of the oldest churches in Venezuela, the church of San Juan Bautista, first built in 1661. It also has a colonial church built in 1782.

John the Baptist 1st-century Jewish preacher and later Christian saint

John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. Other titles for John include John the Forerunner in Eastern Christianity and "the prophet John (Yaḥyā)" in Islam. To clarify the meaning of "Baptist", he is sometimes alternatively called John the Baptizer.

The town is located adjacent to the Pao dam.

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