Araure

{{Infobox settlement

|name=Araure

| official_name = Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Araure

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_skyline = Iglesia de Araure.JPG

| image_flag = Bandera_Araure_Portuguesa.PNG

| image_seal = Escudo_Araure_Portuguesa.PNG

| image_map = Venezuela - Portuguesa - Araure.svg

| pushpin_map = Venezuela#South America

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name = Venezuela

| subdivision_name1 = Portuguesa

| subdivision_name2 = Araure

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = July 6, 1694

| established_title2 =

| established_date2 =

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = José Rafael Vásquez (MVR)

| area_total_km2 = 144.166

| population_as_of = 2012

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 11908

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Araureño / a

| timezone = VST

| utc_offset = -4:30

| timezone_DST = not observed

| utc_offset_DST = -4:30

| elevation_footnotes=

| elevation_m = 198

| population_blank1_title = Demonym

| population_blank1 = Araureño(a)

| area_code = 0255

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = (+58) 255

| blank1_name = Climate

| blank1_info = Aw

| website = {{Official website|http://araure-portuguesa.gob.ve/}}

| coordinates = {{coord|9|38|58|N|69|14|31|W|display=inline}}

}}

Araure ({{IPA|es|aˈɾawɾe}}) is a town in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa. This town is the seat of the Araure Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 111,908.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=18 |title=Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda |access-date=2007-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825040625/http://www.ine.gov.ve/censo/fichascenso/tiro.asp?cod_entidad=18 |archive-date=2007-08-25 |url-status=dead }}