Cúa is a small city located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela, at 10.17º N latitude and 66.90º W longitude. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and 60 days of rainfall annually, and an average temperature that range from 64 ºF to 83 ºF (18 ºC to 28 ºC), but with relative low humidity.

With leafy forest and meadows, Cúa has a population of 123,000 (2004), mainly dedicated to agriculture (cocoa, coffee, sugarcane) and livestock farming (pigs, but also cattle).

The local Sanctuary of the Virgin of Betania has become famous for its attributed Marian apparitions.