**Humocaro Bajo** is the other half of the **Humocaros** of Morán Municipality. A neighbor and complement to Humocaro Alto, it shares colonial history, coffee tradition, and religious roots. Its slightly lower altitude gives it a milder climate and allows for the cultivation of **high-altitude sweet sugar cane**, alongside a mosaic of coffee, vegetables, and fruit trees.
About Humocaro Bajo
Andean town of Morán Municipality, neighbor of Humocaro Alto. At a lower altitude, its surroundings combine **coffee**, **high-altitude sweet sugar cane**, fruit trees, and an urban center with a plaza, church, and traditional commerce. A key point on the coffee route of southern Lara.
History of the Humocaro Bajo parish
Humocaro Bajo was established in the same founding cycle of **doctrine towns** in the southern Tocuyo region (around 1620), attributed to the magistrate Diego de Maldonado. It was a religious and productive center of the lower Andean zone of old Tocuyo. It preserves traditional urban features with a plaza, church, and shops.
Geography, terrain and climate
Set between **1,300 and 2,000 m above sea level**, its terrain combines gentle slopes with lowlands favorable to sugar cane, shade coffee plantations, and fruit orchards. The local watershed feeds tributaries of the Tocuyo River.
Culture, religion and traditions
**Saint Peter's festival** on June 29 (with fishing-riverside devotion adapted to agricultural life), Cross of May vigils, Paraduras del Niño, and traditional dances. It shares with Humocaro Alto the importance of **Holy Week**.
Economy and production
Coffee, high-altitude sweet sugar cane for artisanal panela, vegetables, temperate fruit trees, small-scale livestock farming, and small-scale trade. The sugar cane produces a panela appreciated in the bakeries and confectioneries of El Tocuyo.
Main crops
This parish stands out for the production of: coffee, vegetables, fruit trees, sugar cane.