Achaguas is a small town in

Apure State Apure State ( es, Estado Apure, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial authori ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, in the

Achaguas Municipality The Achaguas Municipality is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Apure has an area of 15,754 km2 and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipalit ...

. It is located west of

San Fernando de Apure San Fernando de Apure () is a city in Apure State in Venezuela. The population of the municipality area is 165,135 (2011 census). The 18th century exports included heron feathers (for pens) and animal hides. The “Maria Nieves” bridge across ...

, the capital city of the state. Achaguas was founded in 1774 by Fray Alonso de Castro, and its name was taken from the native tribe The Achaguas. Formerly, it was called "Santa Bárbara de la Isla de los Achaguas". Since 1835, the miraculous wood-carved figure of "El

Nazareno de Achaguas Nazareno de Achaguas is a nineteenth-century wooden statue of Jesus Christ in the town of Achaguas, Venezuela. It was commissioned by José Antonio Páez. In 2014 it was given a heritage listing (''Bien de Interés Cultural A Bien de Interés Cu ...

is venerated in its church ". This figure was a donation that General

José Antonio Páez José Antonio Páez Herrera (; 13 June 1790 – 6 May 1873) was a Venezuelan leader who fought against the Spanish Crown for Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence. He later led Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia. H ...

gave to the town in agreement to the victory obtained in the battle against the Spanish for the independence of Venezuela which were to take place in

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(1821).PortalApure.com: Achaguas (archive.org)
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Populated places in Apure Populated places established in 1774 {{Venezuela-geo-stub