Camatagua is a town in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. It is the shire town of the Camatagua Municipality. It was originally founded in 1693 (as Pur�sima Concepci�n de Camatagua), as a settlement of indigenous people. It was refounded in 1716 by more than 30 families of the Guaiquer�.
The Camatagua Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities(municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 17,674. The town of Camatagua is the shire town of the Camatagua Municipality
