Draft:Fuentidueño
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Fuentidueño, also known as Caserío Aguiar, is a hamlet (caserío) in the civil parish of San Juan Bautista on Margarita Island, in Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela. It lies in the Antonio Díaz Municipality at the foot of Cerro Copey, surrounded by the Copey, Ochenta, Valle Hondo and San Juan hills.
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Fuentidueño | |
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Hamlet (caserío) | |
 The road from San Juan to Fuentidueño | |
  Fuentidueño | |
| Coordinates: 11.0179°N 63.9442°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Nueva Esparta |
| Municipality | Antonio Díaz |
| Parish | San Juan Bautista |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (VET) |
The settlement is named after Rodrigo de Fuentidueña, a Spaniard who emigrated from Cubagua Island to Margarita following the tsunami of 1541 and who became one of the earliest documented residents of the San Juan valley.[1]
History
An informal outpost is known to have existed on the site since 1533, used by Cubaguan settlers to collect fresh water from the local spring known as the chorrito e Fuentidueño.[1] After the 1541 tsunami and the French pirate raids of 1543 forced the abandonment of Cubagua, several Spanish families, including that of Rodrigo de Fuentidueña, settled permanently in the San Juan valley. Fuentidueña was later judged and condemned in Spain for having fathered children with an indigenous woman; the hamlet retained his name.
Geography
Fuentidueño sits in the upper section of the San Juan valley, on the southern slopes of Cerro Copey, at an elevation of approximately 250 m (820 ft). Surrounding land is dominated by date palm groves and small-plot (conuco) agriculture.
Culture
The hamlet is best known as the traditional centre of production of piñonate, a sweet made from green papaya and unrefined cane sugar (papelón). Together with the surrounding parish, it also produces date palm handicrafts (sombreros de cogollo, alpargatas and basketry) marketed throughout Margarita Island.