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Acarigua

Acarigua (), founded as San Miguel de Acarigua in 1620, is a city in northwestern Venezuela, in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa and its former capital. It encompasses the Páez municipality.

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Place details

Locality: Acarigua
Region: Portuguesa
Country: Venezuela
Population: 188,278
Timezone: America/Caracas

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Acarigua
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: framelessLa Espiga monumentframeless
Settlement.imagesize: 270px
Settlement.image_caption: Statue of Portuguesa in December 5 Square
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo-del-municipio-paez.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Venezuela#South America
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Portuguesa State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Páez Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: September 29, 1620
Settlement.area_total_km2: 175

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Wikidata facts

Population: 195637
Area: 175
Elevation: 195
Official website: www.alcaldiapaez.gob.ve
Image: Acarigua 1896, "Calle Real".jpg
Dialing code: 255

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Commons category: Acarigua
postal code: 3301
inception: 1620-09-29
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Travel guide

Understand

Venezuela's Llanos is sparsely populated, mostly by tough farmers and cowboys living off the region's main activity, extensive cattle-ranching.

See

Amazing wildlife including anacondas, the ubiquitous capybaras and caimans, hundreds of bird species, and the much rarer jaguars and anteaters. This is also the last stronghold of the Orinoco Crocodile. Stunning flat landscapes.