El Callao, Venezuela
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El Callao is the capital city of the El Callao Municipality in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela. It was founded in the mid-19th century.[http://www.a-venezuela.com/index.php/estados-ciudades/estado-bolivar/municipios-estado-bolivar/municipio-el-callao Municipality El Callao] The goldmine at El Callao, once one of the richest goldmines in the world, came into operation in 1871.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
Due to gold mines in the area, the real number of inhabitants may be five times higher than the official total of around 25,000.[https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-45204276 Venezuela: la distorsionada economía que crea el oro en el lugar más rico (y violento) del país], BBC, August 17th, 2018
Carnival of El Callao
Calypso de El Callao, a carnival held in El Callao, was included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016.{{cite web |url = https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01198 |title = Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity |date = 2016 |publisher = UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage |access-date = January 23, 2024}}{{cite web |url = https://ich.unesco.org/doc/download.php?versionID=40003 |format=.DOC |title = Nomination file no. 01198 for inscription in 2016 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity |date = 2016 |publisher = UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage |access-date = January 23, 2024}}
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