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Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta
Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta (UNICA; English: Cecilio Acosta Catholic University) is a private Catholic university located in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela. The university was founded on 1 September 1983 by Monsignor Gustavo Ocando Yamarte and is named in honour of the 19th-century Venezuelan writer, journalist and jurist Cecilio Acosta. UNICA is owned by the Archdiocese of Maracaibo and describes itself as Catholic, private, non-profit, democratic, experimental, autonomous, innovative and dynamic. It is a member of the Asociación Venezolana de Educación Católica (AVEC), the Venezuelan association of Catholic education.

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