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Cumaná
Cumaná is a city on the north-eastern coast of Venezuela, capital of Sucre state. Founded by the Spanish in the early 16th century, it is often called the oldest surviving European-founded city in mainland South America, and it was the capital of the province of New Andalusia, also known as Cumaná. Antonio José de Sucre was born there in 1795.
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