Aragua

For ither uises, see Aragua (disambiguation).

Aragua State (Spaingie: Estado Aragua, IPA: [esˈtaðo aˈɾaɣwa]) ane o the 23 States o Venezuela. It is locatit in the north-central region o Venezuela. It haes plains an jungles an Caribbean beaches. The maist popular are Cata an Choroni. It haes Venezuela's first naitional pairk which is cried Henri Pittier.

{{{official_name}}} Estado Aragua
State o Venezuela
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Venezuela's Hearth
Location athin Venezuela
Kintra	Venezuela
Created	1899
Caipital	Maracay
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Rafael Isea (2008–2012)
Area
• Total	7014 km2 (2,708 sq mi)
Area rank	20t
	0.76% of Venezuela
Population  (2008 est.)
• Total	1,689,056
• Rank	6t
	6.28% o Venezuela
Time zone	UTC-04:00
ISO 3166 code	VE-D
Emblematic tree	Samán (Pithecellobium saman)
Website	www.aragua.gob.ve

The caipital is Maracay, ither important ceeties include Turmero an El Limón.

The name Aragua is said tae derive frae a Cumanagota wird for a teep o palm, roystonea oleracea.

History

Aragua wis pairt o the Venezuela Province till 1848, when the Province wis split intae three pairts, ane being Aragua Province. The Province became a state in 1864. Some mergers an demergers wi ither states follaeed, till Aragua became a autonomous state again in 1901. Its caipital till 1917 wis La Victoria (steid o the Venezuelan War o unthirldom's Battle o La Victoria), when the caipital wis muivit tae Maracay.

Geografie

Aragua borders the Caribbean Sea tae the north, wi its coastline backit bi the fast-risin central Cordillera muntain range. Codazzi Peak reaches ower 2400 m abuin sea level. Hintle o the rest o the state is made up o fertile valleys uised for intensive agricultur, apairt frae in the extreme sooth whaur the flats o the central Llanos region begin. On the wastren border is Loch Valencia.

The main rivers in the state are the Aragua, the Guárico, the El Limón, the Tuy, the Pao an the Turmero. They flow intae the Caribbean Sea, Loch Valencia, or feed the vast Orinoco River netwirk. The Camatagua reservoir is ane o the main reservoirs supplyin Caracas.

Municipalities an municipal seats

Aragua comprises aichteen municipalities (municipios):

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 Limón)
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)

See an aw

Choroní Beach in the Henri Pittier Naitional Pairk, Aragua.

• States o Venezuela

Freemit airtins

• Ciudad Maracay. Information aboot Maracay an Aragua State Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Spaingie) INE, Population statistics for Aragua Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine