Camatagua

Camatagua
Camatagua
Coordinates: 09°47′28″N 66°54′29″W / 9.79111°N 66.90806°W / 9.79111; -66.90806Coordinates: 09°47′28″N 66°54′29″W / 9.79111°N 66.90806°W / 9.79111; -66.90806
Country  Venezuela
State Aragua
Municipality Camatagua Municipality
Elevation 245 m (804 ft)
Population
  Total 5,444
Time zone VST
Postal code 2335

Camatagua is a town in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. It is the shire town of the Camatagua Municipality. It was originally founded in 1693 (as Purísima Concepción de Camatagua), as a settlement of indigenous people. It was refounded in 1716 by more than 30 families of the Guaiquerí.

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