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[[File:Antiguo Acueducto Hacienda Tiquire Flores Siglo XVII, El Consejo, Municipio Jose Rafael Revenga (file split).JPG|thumb|Old Aqueduct of the Hacienda Tiquire Flores, 17th Century, El Consejo, Aragua State]]
'''Aragua State''' ({{lang-es|Estado Aragua}}, {{IPA-es|esˈtaðo aˈɾaɣwa|IPA}}) is one of the 23 [[States of Venezuela|states]] of [[Venezuela]]. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and [[jungle (terrain)|jungles]] and [[Caribbean]] beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first national park which is called [[Henri Pittier National Park|Henri Pittier]]. The capital is [[Maracay]], other important cities include [[Turmero]] and [[El Limón,
Aragua State covers a total surface area of {{cvt|7,014|km2}} and, based on the 2011 census information, the estimated population of Aragua State in 2012 is 1,630,308 inhabitants.
==Etymology==
The name of the state comes from an indigenous word of [[Cumanagoto language|Cumanagoto]] (Caribbean) origin, which is used to refer to the [[Chaguaramo]], a type of palm from the region [quotation required] However, according to Carlos Blanco Galeno, a chronicler from Turmero, it derives from the [[Cariban languages|Cariban]] aregua, and this de are ('site') and gua which in turn derives from ogun ('my thing'), so it would mean 'my place, my country'. This same word inspired the name of the [[Aragua River]], an important tributary of [[Lake Valencia (Venezuela)|Lake Valencia]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}
==History==
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The land where the city of [[Maracay]] is located today was granted to Sebastián Díaz Alfaro in the 16th century. After his death the land passed to his son Mateo. At that time these lands were known as Valle de Tucupío and Tepatopo and were used as cattle grazing lands. Towards Tucupío, [[Tapatapa River|Tapatapa]], [[Güey River|Guey]] and El Rincón, [[Sugarcane|sugar cane]] and [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] were planted.
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==Geography==
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[[File:Cuyagua 001.jpg|thumb|[[Cuyagua]], Aragua state.]]
Aragua borders the [[Caribbean Sea]] to the north, with its coastline backed by the fast-rising central [[Venezuelan Coastal Range|Cordillera mountain range]]. [[Codazzi Peak]] reaches over 2400 m 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 (Venezuela)|Lake Valencia]].
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===Vegetation===
Vegetation ranges from abundant foliage trees, present in the cloud forests of the [[Henri Pittier National Park]], on the Litoral mountain range, to thorny scrub in the coastal area. In the areas of valleys and [[savanna]]hs, grasses predominate, accompanied by trees such as kapok, cedar and saman.
==Politics and government==
As a federal state, it is autonomous and equal in political terms to the other members of the [[Politics of Venezuela|Federation]], it organizes its administration and public powers through the [[Constitution of Aragua]] State, which was adopted in 2002. The same establishes the division of powers into executive and legislative. This Constitution can only be reformed totally or partially by the legislative power of Aragua, and to be approved, they need the absolute majority of the state deputies.
[[File:Cuartel Mariano Montilla.jpg|thumb|Mariano Montilla Barracks, La Victoria, Aragua State]]
===Executive branch===
It is composed of the governor of Aragua and a group of state secretaries who are appointed by him. The governor is elected by the people by direct and secret vote for a period of four years and with the possibility of immediate re-election for an equal period, being in charge of the state administration.
Since direct elections for [[List of Governors of States of Venezuela|Venezuela state governors]] in 1989, Aragua has been governed by the [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|Movement for Socialism]] and [[For Social Democracy|PODEMOS]] (1989 - 2008). The current governor is [[Daniela González]] of the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]].<ref>[https://sumarium.info/2021/08/31/juramentan-a-daniela-gonzalez-como-gobernadora-encargada-de-aragua/ Juramentan a Daniela González como gobernadora encargada de Aragua]</ref>
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|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Took office
| Left office
! Governor
! vote
|-
| 1989
| 1992
| '''[[Carlos Tablante]]''', [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]]
| 50.51
|-
| 1992
| 1995
| '''[[Carlos Tablante]]''', [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]]
| 62.73
|-
| 1995
| 1998
| '''[[Didalco Bolívar Graterol]]''', [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]]
| 48.93
|-
| 1998
| 2000
| '''[[Didalco Bolívar Graterol]]''', [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]]
| 72.44
|-
| 2000
| 2004
| '''[[Didalco Bolívar Graterol]]''', [[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|MAS]]
| 84.54
|-
| 2004
| 2008
| '''[[Didalco Bolívar Graterol]]''', [[For Social Democracy|PODEMOS]]
| 67.70
|-
| 2008
| 2012
| '''[[Rafael Isea]]''', [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| 58.92
|-
| 2012
| 2017
| '''[[Tarek El Aissami]]''', [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| 55.56
|-
| 2017
| 18/10/2017
|'''[[Caryl Bertho]]''', [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| Replacement
|-
| 19/10/2017
| 2021
|'''[[Rodolfo Clemente Marco Torres|Rodolfo Marco Torres]]''', [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| 56.83
|-
| 2021
| Current
|'''[[Daniela González]]''', [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela|PSUV]]
| Replacement
|-
|}
{{See also|List of Venezuela state legislatures|List of Venezuela state constitutions|List of Venezuela governors}}
Like the other [[Administrative divisions of Venezuela|23 federal entities of Venezuela]], the State maintains its own police force, which is supported and complemented by the [[Venezuelan police|National Police]] and the [[Venezuelan National Guard]].
===Legislative power===
The State Legislature is the responsibility of the Legislative Council of the [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] Aragua State, elected by the people through direct and [[Elections in Venezuela|secret vote]] every four years, being able to be reelected for new consecutive periods, under a system of proportional representation of the population of the state and its municipalities, the State has 9 main deputies and their substitutes, of which 8 belong to the opposition and 1 to the officialism according to the elections held in December 2015.
The governor is accountable for his actions to the legislative council and must report to it, which approves the regional budget.
== Municipalities and municipal seats ==
[[File:Aragua mapa municipal.jpg|250px|thumb|Municipalities of Aragua]]
[[File:Venezuela Aragua location map.svg|thumb|Municipalities of Aragua (unnumbered)]]
Aragua comprises eighteen municipalities (''[[Municipalities of Venezuela|municipios]]''):<ref>{{in lang|es}} INE, [http://www.ine.gob.ve/seccion/division/Aragua.zip Division Politico Territorial]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, accessed 23 June 2012</ref>
[[File:Lanzamiento en parapentel.jpg|thumb|Tovar Municipality]]
# [[File:Flag of Bolívar Municipality, Aragua.svg|20px]][[Bolívar Municipality, Aragua|Bolívar]] ([[San Mateo, Aragua|San Mateo]])
# [[File:Bandera Camatagua Aragua.PNG|20px]][[Camatagua Municipality|Camatagua]] ([[Camatagua]])
# [[File:Bandera Municipio Francisco Linares Alcántara.jpg|20px]][[Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality|Francisco Linares Alcántara]] ([[Santa Rita, Aragua|Santa Rita]])
# [[File:Bandera de Maracay.svg|20px]][[Girardot Municipality, Aragua|Girardot]] ([[Maracay]])
# [[File:Bandera Jose Angel Lamas.PNG|20px]][[José Angel Lamas Municipality|José Angel Lamas]] ([[Santa Cruz, Aragua|Santa Cruz]])
# [[File:Bandera Jose Felix Ribas Aragua.PNG|20px]][[José Félix Ribas Municipality, Aragua|José Félix Ribas]] ([[La Victoria, Venezuela|La Victoria]])
# [[File:Bandera José Rafael Revenga.PNG|20px]][[José Rafael Revenga Municipality|José Rafael Revenga]] ([[El Consejo]])
# [[File:Bandera del municipio Libertador (Aragua).svg|20px]][[Libertador Municipality, Aragua|Libertador]] ([[Palo Negro, Venezuela|Palo Negro]])
# [[File:Bandera Mario Briceño Iragorri Aragua.PNG|20px]][[Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality|Mario Briceño Iragorry]] ([[El Limón, Venezuela|El Limón]])
# [[File:Flag of Ocumare de la Costa de Oro municipality.webp|20px]][[Ocumare de la Costa de Oro Municipality|Ocumare de la Costa de Oro]] ([[Ocumare de la Costa]])
# [[File:Bandera de san casimiro.jpg|20px]][[San Casimiro Municipality|San Casimiro]] ([[San Casimiro]])
# [[File:Bandera de San Sebastián de los Reyes (Aragua-Venezuela).png|20px]][[San Sebastián Municipality|San Sebastián]] ([[San Sebastián, Venezuela|San Sebastián]])
# [[File:Bandera Santiago Mariño Aragua.PNG|20px]][[Santiago Mariño Municipality|Santiago Mariño]] ([[Turmero]])
# [[File:Bandera Santos Michelena Aragua.PNG|20px]][[Santos Michelena Municipality|Santos Michelena]] ([[Las Tejerías]])
# [[File:Bandera del Municipio Sucre de el estado Aragua.svg|20px]][[Sucre Municipality, Aragua|Sucre]] ([[Cagua]])
# [[File:Bandera de la Colonia Tovar.svg|20px]][[Tovar Municipality, Aragua|Tovar]] ([[Colonia Tovar]])
# [[File:Bandera de Urdaneta (Aragua).svg|20px]][[Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua|Urdaneta]] ([[Barbacoas, Aragua|Barbacoas]])
# [[File:Bandera de Villa de Cura.jpg|20px]][[Zamora Municipality, Aragua|Zamora]] ([[Villa de Cura]])
== Demographics ==
{{Venezuela Census population
| source = {{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/Demografia/CensodePoblacionyVivienda/pdf/aragua.pdf#page=11|publisher=[[Statistics National Institute (Venezuela)|Instituto Nacional de Estadística]]|title=XIV CENSO NACIONAL DE POBLACIÓN Y VIVIENDA - Resultados por Entidad Federal y Municipio del Estado Aragua}}
| 1873 = 110828
| 1881 = 108085
| 1891 = 94195
| 1920 = 97251
| 1926 = 105849
| 1936 = 129746
| 1941 = 138235
| 1950 = 189891
| 1961 = 313274
| 1971 = 543170
| 1981 = 891623
| 1990 = 1120132
| 2001 = 1449616
| 2011 = 1630308
}}
Aragua State, with 8.28% of the country's total population, is the sixth most populated state in Venezuela. The total population of the state was 2,093,224 inhabitants in 2015.
The population is located on the coast and in the lower valleys. The valleys of Aragua are one of the most populated regions of Venezuela, due to the rapid process of industrialization of the city of Maracay and its important metropolitan area of more than 2.1 million inhabitants, of which a little more than 230,000 inhabitants, are part of its area of influence spread between the states of Carabobo and Guárico.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
=== Race and ethnicity ===
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==Transport==
There are a total of 2,170.5 km of trunk, local, branch and sub-runner roads in the state, of which 47.7% are paved, the most important being the regional highway in the center (Trunk 1) that connects it with the states of Carabobo, Miranda and the [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Capital District]]; Trunk 2 that crosses the state from north to south and connects it with the state of Guárico, and the local ones 6 and 7 that go to the coast of Aragüa.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
[[File:Locomotoras del Gran Ferrocarril Venezuela. El Consejo - Aragua.jpg|thumb|Old trains of the Gran Ferrocarril de Venezuela. El Consejo, Aragua]]
==Culture==
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===Handicrafts===
In the state there are small towns like Colonia Tovar, Magdaleno, La Villa, Tocorón, Palo Negro, among others. Here you can enjoy a rich artisan heritage typical of their beliefs, lifestyle and wealth, but each town in the region is full of artists and cultured people who in their small workshops manage to enrich the streets and homes with their works and their Creole handcrafted candy, also has in the central area with one of the most representative groups of contemporary craftsmen of the urban feeling located in the corridors of the Museum of Anthropology and History of Maracay.
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===Museums===
*[[Museo Aeronáutico de Maracay]]:
[[File:Sukhoi Su-30MK2, Venezuela - Air Force JP6336731.jpg|thumb|Sukhoi Su-30MK2 of the Venezuelan Air Force at Libertador Base, Aragua]]
*[[Museum of Anthropology and History of Maracay]]:
Mario Abreu Museum of Contemporary Art (MACMA): with an important collection of plastic arts from the 20th century.
*CADAFE Museum: this museum is located in the parish of Choroní, in the Girardot municipality.
*Colonia Tovar History and Craftwork Museum: one of the most important and interesting attractions of Colonia Tovar is its museum. In it, its creator, the city's chronicler, Professor [[Néstor Rojas]], has put a great deal of his life into showing visitors and residents a piece of the history of the Colony.
*Museo Nacional de Suelos CENIAP: This museum is located in El Limón de Maracay. It has more than 600 soil micromonolites and 11 macromonolites from 20 states in Venezuela. A micromonolite is a small representation of a soil profile accompanied by information regarding the profile (horizons and characterization) and information regarding the collection site of the samples (climate, landscape, use, etc.).
===Theatres===
*[[Teatro Ateneo de Maracay]]: the original name was the "Teatro Circo Maracay" the work was sent to build by General Juan Vicente Gomez to the meridian Epifanio Balza Davila, its architecture is based on the Art Deco style, but due to the bad temper of General Gomez this does not have a particular style.
*[[Maracay Opera House]]: the work was entrusted to the architect Luis Malaussena, who together with Carlos Raúl Villanueva developed the monumental project full of sobriety within its spectacular nature where horizontal lines predominate while some free spaces compensate for the heaviness of this predominance.
[[File:Neblina en la Cumbre.jpg|thumb| [[Henri Pittier National Park]]]]
==Tourism==
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The state of Aragua is famous within Venezuela especially for the variety and beauty of its beaches, natural monuments, extensive green areas and for the [[Colonia Tovar]], a territory colonized by the Germans.
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*[[Las Delicias Zoo|Zoo of Maracay.]]
*El Limón Tower
== Sports ==
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[[File:Estadio José Pérez Colmenares, atardecer.JPG|thumb|José Pérez Colmenares Stadium, Maracay]]
The [[Tigres de Aragua]], a team of the [[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League]], represents the state and plays in [[Maracay]].
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==Media==
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===Regional Television===
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