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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|Aragua]] River, an important tributary of [[Lake Valencia (Venezuela)|Lake Valencia]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}

On March 5, the city of Maracay was founded, taking its name from the Maracay River. [https://estadoaragua.org/ Maracay] suffered the vicissitudes of the emancipatory revolution, being of special interest the events of 1812-13 that took place at the La Trinidad [[hacienda]]. Later, in 1816 and 1818, there was the assault of La Cabrera and the battle of Maracay where the patriotic troops were defeated. The [[Federal War]] also left its mark on the town, seriously affecting the surrounding countryside. In addition, there was a terrible plague epidemic, apparently caused by the decomposition of fermented indigo, which claimed many victims.

===XIX19th Centurycentury===

[[File:Iglesia San Martin de Tours II.jpg|thumb|Church of San Martin de Tours, [[Colonia Tovar]], was established by German immigrants in 1843]]

===XX20th Centurycentury===

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&nbsp;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 [[Los Llanos, Venezuela|Llanos]] region begin. On the western border is [[Lake Valencia (Venezuela)|Lake Valencia]].

Four natural regions can be distinguished in the entity: the coastal mountain range, the depression of Lake Valencia, the inland mountain range, and the Central Wavy Plains. In the depression of Lake Valencia, recent sedimentary formations predominate, while the mountainous areas present others that are highly affected by metamorphic processes, although in the presence of nuclei with more conserved igneous and sedimentary rocks. In the mountain ranges of the Interior chain, galleys can be observed, as spurs of that mountain range, which smoothen their forms towards the South until they enter the formation of the plains.

One of the largest reliefs in the world crosses the state of [https://estadoaragua.org/ Aragua], in an east-west direction, two parallel mountain ranges, separated from each other by a central depression, which determines the existence of three well-differentiated physiographic regions, which follow each other from north to south. The northern end is hilly with the central stretch of the Litoral mountain range that culminates with El Cenizo peak at 2,436 meters above sea level and Codazzi peak at 2,426 meters above sea level.

The hydrographic network of the state is part of three major points: the tip of the Caribbean Sea, formed by the rivers; San Miguel, [[Ocumare River|Ocumare]], Cata, [[Gaurapito River|Gaurapito]], [[Aroa River (Venezuela)|Aroa]] and through the river Tuy, the rivers of its upper basin: the [[Orinoco River Basin|Orinoco river basin]], formed by the high point and part of the middle point of the [[Guárico River|Guárico]] river]] and the middle part of the [[Memo River|Memo river]] and finally, the endorheic point of the Valencia lake where the [[Aragua River|Aragua]], [[Turmero River|Turmero]], [[Maracay River|Maracay]], [[Caño Grande River|Caño Grande]], [[Tapatapa River|Tapatapa]], [[Tocorón River|Tocorón]] and Las Minas rivers pour their waters. In the latter, the surface courses have been considerably reduced, as it is no longer possible to use the water from these rivers for human consumption. These rivers have now become the main collectors of wastewater discharges, both for urban industrial and agricultural use.

== MunicipalitiesPolitics and municipal seats government==

# [[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]])

== DemographyDemographics ==

According to the 2011 Census, the racial composition of the population was:<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/Demografia/CensodePoblacionyVivienda/pdf/nacional.pdf|title=Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014)|page=29|publisher=Ine.gov.ve|accessdateaccess-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>

The population in the region is very diverse, due to the influence of immigration that existed from the 1950s until the present day. Most of its population is a product of the crossbreedingmixing between Spaniards and local natives or Spaniards and Africans. In the northern part of the state, where the highest population density and the largest urban area in the state are found, the majority of whites are present, especially in the municipalities: [[Tovar Municipality, Aragua|Tovar]], [[Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality|Mario Briceño Iragorry]] and [[Girardot Municipality, Aragua|Girardot]].

| [[Municipio Bolívar (Aragua)|Bolívar]] || [[San Mateo, Aragua|San Mateo]] || 42.200||<{{center>| 1.97 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio Camatagua|Camatagua]] || [[Camatagua]] || 20.140||<{{center>| 0.9 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio Francisco Linares Alcántara|Francisco Linares Alcántara]] || [[Santa Rita, Venezuela|Santa Rita]] || 208.710||<{{center>| 9.57 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio Atanasio Girardot|Girardot]] || [[Maracay]] ||720.035||<{{center>| 34.16 %</center>}}

| [[José Angel Lamas Municipality|José Ángel Lamas]] || [[Santa Cruz, Aragua|Santa Cruz]] || 36.800 ||<{{center>| 1.56 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio José Félix Ribas (Aragua)|José Félix Ribas]] || [[La Victoria (Venezuela)|La Victoria]] || 150.081 ||<{{center>| 6.86 %</center>}}

| [[José Rafael Revenga Municipality|José Rafael Revenga]] ||[[El Consejo]] || 52.400 ||<{{center>| 2.34 %</center>}}

| [[Libertador Municipality, Aragua|Libertador]] || [[:es:Palo_NegroPalo Negro|Palo Negro]] ||140.850||<{{center>| 6.23 %</center>}}

| [[Mario Briceño Iragorry Municipality|Mario Briceño Iragorry]] ||[[El Limón (Venezuela)|El Limón]] || 126.313 ||<{{center>| 4.76 %</center>}}

| [[Ocumare de la Costa de Oro Municipality|Ocumare de la Costa de Oro]] ||[[Ocumare de la Costa]] || 14.205 ||<{{center>| 0.62 %</center>}}

| [[San Casimiro Municipality|San Casimiro]] || [[San Casimiro]] || 29.900 ||<{{center>| 1.25 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio San Sebastián (Aragua)|San Sebastián]] || [[San Sebastián, Aragua|San Sebastián]] || 24.841 ||<{{center>| 1.09 %</center>}}

| [[Santiago Mariño Municipality|Santiago Mariño]] ||[[Turmero]] ||250.091||<{{center>| 11.53 %</center>}}

| [[Santos Michelena Municipality|Santos Michelena]] || [[:es:Las_TejeríasLas Tejerías|Las Tejerías]] || 43.208 ||<{{center>| 1.87 %</center>}}

| [[Sucre Municipality, Aragua|Sucre]] ||[[Cagua]] ||146.670||<{{center>| 6.62 %</center>}}

| [[Municipio Tovar (Aragua)|Tovar]] || [[Colonia Tovar]] || 15.600 ||<{{center>| 0.7 %</center>}}

| [[Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua|Urdaneta]] || [[Barbacoas, Aragua|Barbacoas]] || 23.880 ||<{{center>| 1.01 %</center>}}

| [[Zamora Municipality, Aragua|Zamora]] ||[[Villa de Cura]] || 182.206 ||<{{center>| 6.94 %</center>}}

There are a total of 2,170.5&nbsp;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.

[[Aragua F.C.]] Is A Soccer Club In [[Maracay]]

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