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Camatagua

Coordinates: 09°47′28″N 66°54′29″W / 9.79111°N 66.90806°W / 9.79111; -66.90806
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Camatagua
Camatagua is located in Venezuela
Camatagua
Camatagua
Coordinates: 09°47′28″N 66°54′29″W / 9.79111°N 66.90806°W / 9.79111; -66.90806
Country Venezuela
StateAragua
MunicipalityCamatagua Municipality
Elevation
245 m (804 ft)
Population
 • Total5,444
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Postal code
2335
ClimateAw

Camatagua is a town in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. It is the shire town of the Camatagua Municipality. It was 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.