Acarigua
Sign in to saveAcarigua (), 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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Acarigua is a city in the Portuguesa state of Venezuela. It is located within the Páez municipality and was established on September 29, 1620. The city has an area of 175 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 195 meters above sea level. Its local dialing code is 255, and it uses the postal code 3301.
The population of Acarigua is recorded as 195,637, with another source listing it as 188,278. The city operates in the America/Caracas time zone. Current weather data indicates a temperature of 25.7 degrees, humidity of 86 percent, pressure of 1011, and wind speed of 2.25.
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- Locality
- Acarigua
- Region
- Portuguesa
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 188,278
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Páez
- 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
- topic's main category
- Category:Acarigua
- postal code
- 3301
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Acarigua
- inception
- 1620-09-29
via Wikidata · CC0
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.
Do
Go on a plains safari from at one of the ranches in the region. Dance to joropo - the traditional Llanos music.
Eat
Chiguire, or capybara, meat. Venezuela's best beef
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Demographics
- Religion
- Geography
- Climate
- Fauna
- Flora
- Protected areas
- Agriculture
- Media
- Transport
- Sports
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
It is a major commercial center for the northern Llanos region of South America. It is contiguous with the neighboring city of Araure.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acarigua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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