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has the fastest growth of the
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Barlovento, plantation owners and their African slaves, developed an avidity for the feast of San Juan. Celebrations with music and dancing were made. Despite the objections of Bishop Mariano Marti to these "ridiculous and earthly diversions" when he visited the region
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Barlovento has beaches, private clubs, and large residential complexes. its hotels include the AB Beach Hotel, Barlovento Hotel, Campomar, Las Olas Resort, and
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Barlovento has an area of 4,647 square kilometres. It covers 58 percent of
Miranda state. The Barlovento region lies within the Barlovento depression in the northern coastal region. Its terrain is ranges from the mountains of Caucagua to the beaches of Higuerote and Río Chico.
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Barlovento has a network of paved roads. These include the
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is the largest, and westernmost, town in the
Barlovento region, with estimated population is 150,281. Andrés Bello has a population of 59,342 and the third most rapid commercial growth after Higuerote and Río Chico.
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haciendas of which there were about 4,000. In 1924, the
Barlovento and Paria regions grew eighty percent of Venezuela's 20,000 ton cocoa export. Escaped slaves made small hidden communities in Barlovento called
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The typical cuisine of
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African drums and dancing to the rhythms ("drum dancing") is an important cultural element in Barlovento. This is particularly so on 24 June of each year, the feast of San Juan (
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word meaning "windward". This is due to the wind coming from
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in 1784, the festival continued to gain in popularity. The date of the feast, June 25, aligned with the harvesting of the cocoa bean crop, the onset of the wet season and the
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