# Araure

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{{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](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
 | subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/States_of_Venezuela)
 | subdivision_type2 = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Venezuela)
 | subdivision_name = [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
 | subdivision_name1 = [Portuguesa](/source/Portuguesa_(state))
 | subdivision_name2 = Araure
 | established_title = Founded
 | established_date = July 6, 1694
 | established_title2 = 
 | established_date2 = 
 | government_type = 
 | leader_title = [Mayor](/source/Mayor)
 | leader_name  = José Rafael Vásquez ([MVR](/source/Fifth_Republic_Movement))
 | area_total_km2 = 144.166
 | population_as_of = 2012
 | population_footnotes = 
 | population_total = 11908
 | population_density_km2 = auto
 | population_demonym = Araureño / a
 | timezone = [VST](/source/Venezuelan_Standard_Time_Zone)
 | utc_offset = -4:30
 | timezone_DST = not observed
 | utc_offset_DST = -4:30
 | elevation_footnotes=
 | elevation_m = 198
 | population_blank1_title = [Demonym](/source/Demonym)
 | population_blank1 = Araureño(a)
 | area_code = 0255
 | postal_code_type = Postal code
 | postal_code = (+58) 255
 | blank1_name = [Climate](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification)
 | blank1_info = [Aw](/source/Tropical_savanna_climate)
 | 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 [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)n [state](/source/States_of_Venezuela) of [Portuguesa](/source/Portuguesa_(state)).  This town is the seat of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan [census](/source/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>

==References==
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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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