Turagua

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Coordinates: 10°08′32.75″N67°30′39.14″W / 10.1424306°N 67.5108722°W / 10.1424306; -67.5108722 Coordinates: 10°08′32.75″N67°30′39.14″W / 10.1424306°N 67.5108722°W / 10.1424306; -67.5108722

Turagua is a tiny town located in Aragua State, Venezuela.

Venezuela Republic in northern South America

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. With this last country, the Venezuelan government maintains a claim for Guayana Esequiba over an area of 159,542 km2. For its maritime areas, it exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km2 of territorial waters, 22,224 km2 in its contiguous zone, 471,507 km2 of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone, and 99,889 km2 of continental shelf. This marine area borders those of 13 states. The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world's list of nations with the most number of species. There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains, the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.

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The Autódromo Internacional de Turagua Pancho Pepe Cróquer is a motor-racing venue in Venezuela, near Maracay. It was founded in 1972, and has a permanent closed circuit as well as a dragstrip. The circuit was named after Francisco José Cróquer, a distinguished sportscaster and racing driver who was popularly known as Pancho Pepe Cróquer.

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