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Aragua (state)
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- Other use: Aragua de Maturín and Aragua River.
| Estado Aragua | |||||
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| Aragua State Anthem | |||||
| Motto: none | |||||
 Location within Venezuela |
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| Created (given current status) |
1899 | ||||
| State capital | Maracay | ||||
| Area •% |
7,014 km² 0,76 (Ranked 20th) |
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| Population •% |
1,665,200 hab. (2007 est.) 6,28 (Ranked 6th) |
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| Emblematic tree | The Samán (Pithecellobium saman) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | VE-D |
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| Governor | Didalco Bolívar Graterol 2004 - 2008 |
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| Website: Gobernación del Estado Aragua | |||||
Estado Aragua is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and beautiful Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first national park which is called Henri Pittier.
The capital is Maracay.
Aragua State covers a total surface area of 7,014 km² and, based on the 2001 census information, the estimated population of Aragua State in 2007 is 1,665,200 inhabitants.
Aragua borders the Caribbean Sea to the north, with its coastline backed by the fast-rising central Cordillera mountain range. Codazzi Peak reaches over 2400m above sea level. Much of the rest of the state is made up of fertile valleys used for intensive agriculture, apart from in the extreme south where the flats of the central Llanos region begin. On the western border is Lake Valencia.
The main rivers in the state are the Aragua, the Guárico, the Limón, the Tuy, the Pao and the Turmero. They flow into the Caribbean Sea, Lake Valencia, or feed the vast Orinoco River network. The Camatagua reservoir is one of the main reservoirs supplying Caracas.
Aragua is conformed by eighteen municipalities (municipios):
| Municipality | Seat | |
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| 1. | Bolívar | San Mateo |
| 2. | Camatagua | Camatagua |
| 3. | Francisco Linares Alcántara | Santa Rita |
| 4. | Girardot | Maracay |
| 5. | José Angel Lamas | Santa Cruz |
| 6. | José Félix Ribas | La Victoria |
| 7. | José Rafael Revenga | El Consejo |
| 8. | Libertador | Palo Negro |
| 9. | Mario Briceño Iragorry | El Limon |
| 10. | Ocumare de la Costa de Oro | Ocumare de la Costa |
| 11. | San Casimiro | San Casimiro |
| 12. | San Sebastián | San Sebastián |
| 13. | Santiago Mariño | Turmero |
| 14. | Santos Michelena | Las Tejerías |
| 15. | Sucre | Cagua |
| 16. | Tovar | Colonia Tovar |
| 17. | Urdaneta | Barbacoas |
| 18. | Zamora | Villa de Cura |
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| States | Amazonas · Anzoátegui · Apure · Aragua · Barinas · Bolívar · Carabobo · Cojedes · Delta Amacuro · Falcón · Guárico · Lara · Mérida · Miranda · Monagas · Nueva Esparta · Portuguesa · Sucre · Táchira · Trujillo · Vargas · Yaracuy · Zulia |  |
| Federal dependencies | Los Monjes Archipelago · Las Aves Archipelago · Isla Aves · Los Hermanos Island · Islas Los Frailes · Los Roques Archipelago · La Sola Island · La Tortuga Island · La Orchila · La Blanquilla Island · Los Testigos Island · Isla de Patos | |
| Capital District | Caracas | |