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Maracay (märäkī`), city (1990 pop. 354,196), capital of Aragua state, N Venezuela, at the eastern end of Lake Valencia. It is a commercial, agricultural, and industrial city. Its products include sugar, rubber, paper, and cloth. Maracay was modernized in the early 20th cent. by the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez Gómez, Juan Vicente , 1857–1935, caudillo of Venezuela (1908–35). Of indigenous and white parentage, Gómez was born on a ranch in the Western Andes and grew up a nearly illiterate cattle herder.
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Maracay

a city in N central Venezuela: developed greatly as the headquarters of Juan Vicente G?mez (1857--1935) during his dictatorship; textile industries. Pop.: 1 138 000 (2005 est.)

Maracay

a city in northern Venezuela and the administrative center of the state of Aragua. Population, 192,900 (1970). Maracay has a railroad station. It is a highway junction and an important trade center. Among its industries are food processing, textiles, leather and footwear, wood products, and chemicals. New industrial enterprises are being constructed in the vicinity of Maracay. The city was founded in the second half of the 17th century.

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He questioned why Maracay had so many slums while the golf course and the grounds of the state-owned Hotel Maracay, built in the 1950s, stretches over 74 acres.

Push to close golf courses by Caribbean Update

P&G will close Clairol manufacturing facilities in Lima, Peru; Maracay, Venezuela and Cramlington, UK and a distribution center in Edison, NJ.

P&G to close Clairol plants, consolidate. (Industry News) by Household & Personal Products Industry

Eventually to have a combined capacity of 360 MW, the plants will supply industrial clients in the cities of Valencia, Maracay and Cagua, where for years blackouts have averaged 40 hours per month.

VENEZUELA - The Power Sector by APS Review Downstream Trends

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