Colonia Tovar

Founded in 1843 by immigrants from the Grand Duchy of Baden, Colonia Tovar is a mountain town in Venezuela's Aragua state known as "the Germany of the Caribbean." Its German-speaking settlers maintained their language, architecture, and traditions in relative isolation for over a century, and the town still produces temperate crops — peaches, strawberries, and vegetables — unusual for the region. It also claims the first Venezuelan beer, the Cerveza Tovar, and published the country's first bilingual German-Spanish newspaper in its founding year.

• Nearest water from center 5.3 km3.3 mi
• Nearest mountain from center 1.8 km1.1 mi