{{Infobox settlement |name=Araure | official_name = Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Araure | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Iglesia de Araure.JPG | image_flag = Bandera de Araure (Portuguesa).png | image_shield = Escudo_Araure_Portuguesa.PNG | image_map = Venezuela - Portuguesa - Araure.svg | pushpin_map = Venezuela#South America | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name = Venezuela | subdivision_name1 = Portuguesa | subdivision_name2 = Araure | established_title = Founded | established_date = July 6, 1694 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = José Rafael Vásquez (MVR) | area_total_km2 = 144.166 | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 11908 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Araureño / a | timezone = VST | utc_offset = -4:30 | timezone_DST = not observed | utc_offset_DST = -4:30 | elevation_footnotes= | elevation_m = 198 | population_blank1_title = Demonym | population_blank1 = Araureño(a) | area_code = 0255 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = (+58) 255 | blank1_name = Climate | blank1_info = Aw | website = {{Official website|http://araure-portuguesa.gob.ve/}} | coordinates = {{coord|9|38|58|N|69|14|31|W|display=inline}} }}
'''Araure''' ({{IPA|es|aˈɾawɾe}}) is a town in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa. This town is the seat of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 111,908.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=18 |title=Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825040625/http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=18 |archive-date=2007-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== Araure was founded on July 6, 1694, as Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Araure.<ref>[http://occidente.com.ve/phpj/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=44 Portal de Occidente – Municipio Araure<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101103441/http://occidente.com.ve/phpj/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=44 |date=January 1, 2008 }}</ref>
==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 {{convert|452.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alcalde de Municipio |url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/16/alcaldedis=0&edo=16&mun=1&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=CNE}}</ref> He replaced Armando Rodriguez shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002063906/http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf |archivedate=2006-10-02 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214062318/http://araure-portuguesa.gob.ve/portal-alcaldias/ araure-portuguesa.gob.ve] {{in lang|es}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080101103441/http://occidente.com.ve/phpj/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=44 Information on the Araure Municipality] {{in lang|es}}
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{{Coord|9|34|N|69|13|W|type:city|display=title}}
Category:Cities in Portuguesa (state) Category:Populated places established in 1694 Category:1694 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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