{{Infobox settlement |settlement_type = City | name = Yaritagua | official_name = Yaritagua |image_flag = |image_shield = Escudo Mun. Peña.jpg | image_skyline = | image_caption = |pushpin_map = Venezuela |subdivision_type1 = Country |subdivision_type2 = State |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Venezuela}}Venezuela |subdivision_name1 = Venezuela |subdivision_name2 = Yaracuy |subdivision_name3 = Peña Municipality |coordinates = {{coord|10|4|31|N|69|7|42|W|type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 340 |area_total_km2 = 510 |population_total= 120,000 |established_date = 19 November 1699 |population_blank1_title = Demonym |population_blank1 = Yaritagüeño/a |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 3203 |area_code = |leader_name = Gustavo Roz (PT) |leader_title = Mayor |blank1_name = Climate |blank1_info = Aw |timezone = VET |utc_offset = −4 |website = [http://www.yaritagua.com.ve yaritagua.com.ve] |notes = }}
'''Yaritagua''' ({{IPA|es|ʝaɾiˈtaɣwa}}) is the capital of the Peña Municipality of Venezuela's state of Yaracuy. It has a population of around 120,000, and is considered Yaracuy's second city, after the state capital San Felipe.
Founded in 1699 during Spain's colonization of Venezuela by Nicolas Eugenio de Ponte,<ref>{{in lang|es}} ÁNGEL OMAR MOYETINES, ''El Informador'', [http://www.elinformador.com.ve/noticias/venezuela/yaracuy/yaritagua-arriba-anos-fundada/7444 Yaritagua arriba hoy a 310 años de fundada]</ref> the city retains some colonial-era buildings. The significance of sugar cane in the area has given it the nickname ''Ciudad Dulce de Yaracuy'' (Sweet City of Yaracuy).
The city is twinned with Zamora, Spain.<ref name="larazon1">{{cite web |url=http://www.larazon.es/noticia/ciudades-y-pueblos-se-benefician-del-hermanamiento-con-otros-territorios |title=Ciudades y pueblos se benefician del hermanamiento con otros territorios |publisher=Larazon.es |access-date=11 March 2011 |archive-date=21 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221081618/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/ciudades-y-pueblos-se-benefician-del-hermanamiento-con-otros-territorios |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Yaritagua-001.jpg|thumb|175px|Santa Lucía church in the city center]]
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== External links == {{Commonscat}} * [http://pena-yaracuy.gob.ve/ Peña municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403230140/http://pena-yaracuy.gob.ve/ |date=2022-04-03 }}
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Category:Cities in Yaracuy Category:Populated places established in 1699 Category:1699 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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