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Araure () is a town in the
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state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...
of Portuguesa. This town is the seat of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, the municipality has a population of 111,908.


History

Araure was founded on July 6, 1694, as Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Araure.


Demographics

The Araure Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 111,908 (up from 75,811 in 1990). This amounts to 15.4% of Portuguesa's population. The municipality's population density is .


Government

Araure is the seat of the Araure Municipality in Portuguesa. The mayor is José Rafael Vásquez, elected in 2004 with 44% of the vote. He replaced Armando Rodriguez shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.


References


External links


araure-portuguesa.gob.ve

Information on the Araure Municipality
Cities in Portuguesa (state) Populated places established in 1694 1694 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Venezuela-geo-stub