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 ...
in
Venezuela, in the
Achaguas Municipality. It is located west of
San Fernando de Apure, the capital city of the state.
Achaguas was founded in 1774 by Fray
Alonso de Castro
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Alonso'' were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1: ...
, 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 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.
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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
Carabobo
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(1821).
PortalApure.com: Achaguas (archive.org)
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References
Populated places in Apure
Populated places established in 1774
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