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Cumaná

American  
[koo-mah-nah] / ˌku mɑˈnɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Venezuela.


Cumaná British  
/ kumaˈna /

noun

  1. a city in NE Venezuela: founded in 1523; the oldest European settlement in South America. Pop: 271 000 (2005 est)

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A magnitude 7 earthquake in 1997 farther east resulted in 81 deaths, hitting the cities of Cumaná and Carupano, according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

A local Venezuelan footballer press and publicity organisation, Cumaná de Campeones, also posted about her death.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

In Sucre's state capital, Cumaná, residents have been without running water for two weeks.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Henriquez grew up in Cumaná, a historic beach city of about half a million people wedged between the Manzanares Rivers and Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, 250 miles east of Caracas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Morales, of bloody reputation, had taken Calabozo; and, in the East, fate was against the independents, where the weakness of Mariño had caused the loss of Cumaná.

From Simon Bolivar, the Liberator by Guillermo A. Sherwell

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