About 1 million people.

Maracay is called the Garden City because of its many parks, trees, and flowers. It sits between mountains and a coastal national park full of wildlife.
Explore the lush Henri Pittier rainforest park, spot colorful birds and monkeys, and relax on quiet Caribbean beaches nearby.
Right next to Maracay is Henri Pittier, Venezuela's oldest national park, a green rainforest home to hundreds of kinds of birds, butterflies, and monkeys.
Maracay earned its Garden City nickname from all the leafy plazas and flower-filled parks where families stroll and children play in the shade.