Arauquita is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. As of 2020, the town has a population of 43,339.

Miguel Matus Caile Miguel Antonio Matus Caile was a Colombian writer, politician and historian. He was born in Arauquita Arauquita is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department Arauca () is a department of Eastern Colombia located in the extreme north ...

, the politician and historian, was born in Arauquita.

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Municipalities of Arauca Department {{Arauca-geo-stub