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'''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, VenezuelaAragua|El Limón]].

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}}

# [[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]])

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}}

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}}

*[[Museo Aeronáutico de Maracay]]: This museum of militaryMilitary and civil aeronautical technology wasmuseum created in 1963 in the spaces where the Aragua Air Base and the first Military Aviation School in the country used to operate.

*[[Museum of Anthropology and History of Maracay]]: The Museum of Anthropology and History contains the archaeological findings of the states of Aragua and [[Carabobo]] that were found as of 1889 during the government of General Guzmán Blanco, when the main towns and cities began to be built.

*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.

*[[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.