Bejuma

Bejuma
Bejuma
	La Esperanza Lake in Bejuma
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	Bejuma
	Coordinates: 10°11′N 68°15′W
Country	Venezuela
State	Carabobo
Municipality	Bejuma Municipality
Founded	1843
Elevation	667 m (2,188 ft)
Time zone	VST

Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.

Bejuma

Geography

Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.

Vegetation and natural resources

The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Montane Forests ecoregion, and the major habitat type is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.[1]

History

The town of Bejuma was founded in 1843 by the landowners of the "Fundo Bejuma" hacienda.

Economy

The economy of the region is based on agriculture. There are also some minor food processing plants in the area.

Culture

The Casa de la Cultura (Culture House) is a building that contains the Atheneum, the public library Manuel Pimentel Coronel and the city museum. The city museum (Museo Pueblos del Occidente de Carabobo or Museum of the Peoples of Western Carabobo) contains objects coming from the original Indian cultures as well as from different later periods of the history of Western Carabobo.

The city also has a theatre, Teatro Palermo, as well as a social centre, Centro Social Bejuma.

References

The Nature Conservancy (2009) TNC terrestrial ecoregions, . Based on: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.

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[TNCecoreg-1] The Nature Conservancy (2009) TNC terrestrial ecoregions, . Based on: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.