Aragua (state)

Other use: Aragua de Maturín and Aragua River.

Estado Aragua
State flag State Coat of Arms
Aragua State Anthem
Motto: none
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1899
State capital	Maracay
Area    •%	7,014 km² 0,76   (Ranked 20th)
Population    •%	1,665,200 hab. (2007 est.) 6,28   (Ranked 6th)
Emblematic tree	The Samán (Pithecellobium saman)
ISO 3166-2	VE-D
Governor	Didalco Bolívar Graterol 2004 - 2008
Website: Gobernación del Estado Aragua

Municipalities of 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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities and municipal seats

Aragua is conformed by eighteen municipalities (municipios):

•  • e Political Divisions of Venezuela
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

External links

• Ciudad Maracay. Information about Maracay and Aragua State