Aragua

Aragua
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	Maracay
surface	7014 km²
Residents	1,839,100 (2017 estimate)
density	262 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-D
politics
governor	Tareck El Aissami
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Coordinates: 10 ° 14 ′  N , 67 ° 17 ′  W

Aragua is a federal state of Venezuela and is located in the central north of the country.

The landscape on the Caribbean coast consists mainly of jungle . The national park named after Henri Pittier - Venezuela's first national park - is located in this state. The capital is Maracay .

geography

The Caribbean Sea borders the north of the state and is bordered by the Cordillera mountain range. The Codazzi Peak reaches a height of over 2,400 m. The rest of the country consists mainly of fertile valleys that are used for intensive agriculture. In the west, Aragua borders on Lake Valencia and the state of Carabobo , in the south on Guárico , in the east on Miranda and Vargas .

The main rivers are the Aragua, the Guárico, the Limón, the Tuy, the Pao and the Turmero. They all flow into the Caribbean, Lake Valencia or the Orinoco .

Administrative division

The state is made up of 18 districts ( Municipios ):

district	Capital	Residents 2011
Bolívar	San Mateo	38,047
Camatagua	Camatagua	16,627
Francisco Linares Alcántara	Santa Rita	123.122
Girardot	Maracay	407.109
José Angel Lamas	Santa Cruz	32,981
José Félix Ribas	La Victoria	143.501
José Rafael Revenga	El Consejo	48,800
Libertador	Palo Negro	114,355
Mario Briceño Iragorry	El Limon	99,852
Ocumare de la Costa de Oro	Ocumare de la Costa	12,816
San Casimiro	San Casimiro	25,540
San Sebastian	San Sebastian	23,279
Santiago Mariño	Turmero	211.010
Sucre	Cagua	114.509
Santos Michelena	San Casimiro	38,574
Tovar	Colonia Tovar	14,161
Urdaneta	Barbacoas	21,271
Zamora	Villa de Cura	144,754