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The Aroa River (Spanish: Río Aroa) is a river in northwestern Venezuela. It runs parallel and west of the Yaracuy River. The Aroa River empties into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. In the 16th century it was known that there was gold in the Yaracuy, and Aroa rivers, and in 1605 gold deposits were found in a small valley leading to the Aroa River.The king gave the Aroa mines in perpetuity to Dr. Francisco Marín de Narváez and his heirs in exchange for 40,000 pesos.

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  • The Aroa River (Spanish: Río Aroa) is a river in northwestern Venezuela. It runs parallel and west of the Yaracuy River. The Aroa River empties into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. In the 16th century it was known that there was gold in the Yaracuy, and Aroa rivers, and in 1605 gold deposits were found in a small valley leading to the Aroa River.The king gave the Aroa mines in perpetuity to Dr. Francisco Marín de Narváez and his heirs in exchange for 40,000 pesos. In 1824 the mines were leased to British entrepreneurs who exploited deposits of copper.They used the Aroa River to carry the ore by barge to the coast, where it was loaded onto ships.The town of Aroa was the first town in the country to obtain electricity and telephone service.A cableway was built linking the mines to the town. (en)
  • El río Aroa es un río en la zona noroeste de Venezuela. Las nacientes del río se encuentran en la serranía de Bobare en el estado Falcón y en la sierra de Aroa en su sector perteneciente al municipio Urachiche del estado Yaracuy, corre paralelo y al oeste del río Yaracuy y desemboca cerca en el mar Caribe, específicamente en la población de , en el municipio José Laurencio Silva del estado Falcón (cerca de Tucacas). Es un río esencialmente de llanura. Durante la temporada de lluvias el río se desborda produciendo anegamientos sobre las zonas próximas a sus márgenes.​ Las aguas del Aroa son actualmente utilizadas para irrigación de grandes plantaciones de caña de azúcar, maíz y cacao. (es)
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  • Boca de Aroa, Falcón, Venezuela (en)
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  • The Aroa River (Spanish: Río Aroa) is a river in northwestern Venezuela. It runs parallel and west of the Yaracuy River. The Aroa River empties into the Caribbean Sea. The river drains part of the Lara-Falcón dry forests ecoregion. In the 16th century it was known that there was gold in the Yaracuy, and Aroa rivers, and in 1605 gold deposits were found in a small valley leading to the Aroa River.The king gave the Aroa mines in perpetuity to Dr. Francisco Marín de Narváez and his heirs in exchange for 40,000 pesos. (en)
  • El río Aroa es un río en la zona noroeste de Venezuela. Las nacientes del río se encuentran en la serranía de Bobare en el estado Falcón y en la sierra de Aroa en su sector perteneciente al municipio Urachiche del estado Yaracuy, corre paralelo y al oeste del río Yaracuy y desemboca cerca en el mar Caribe, específicamente en la población de , en el municipio José Laurencio Silva del estado Falcón (cerca de Tucacas). Es un río esencialmente de llanura. Durante la temporada de lluvias el río se desborda produciendo anegamientos sobre las zonas próximas a sus márgenes.​ (es)
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  • Aroa River (Venezuela) (en)
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