| Aragua State Estado Aragua |
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| Motto: Venezuela's Hearth | |||
| Anthem: Aragua State Anthem | |||
| Location within Venezuela | |||
| Country | Venezuela | ||
| Created | 1899 | ||
| Capital | Maracay | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Rafael Isea (2008–2012) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 7,014 km2 (2,708.1 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 20th | ||
| 0.76% of Venezuela | |||
| Population (2007 est.) | |||
| • Total | 1,665,200 | ||
| • Rank | 6th | ||
| 6.28% of Venezuela | |||
| Time zone | UTC-04:30 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | VE-D | ||
| Emblematic tree | Samán (Pithecellobium saman) | ||
| Website | www.aragua.gob.ve | ||
Aragua State (Spanish: Estado Aragua, IPA: [esˈtaðo aˈɾaɣwa]) is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and 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, other important cities include Turmero and El Limon.
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.
Aragua was also the name of a Venezuelan destroyer; it was the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Division and the first one of her own sub-class, among British built for Venezuela naval forces in the 1950s.
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Aragua borders the Caribbean Sea to the north, with its coastline backed by the fast-rising central 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.
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.
Aragua comprises eighteen municipalities (municipios):
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