Cagua (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɣwa]) is a city of Venezuela, capital of the Sucre Municipality of Aragua State.

Cagua is part of the metropolitan area of Maracay.

The origin of the name comes from the indigenous Cumanagoto word "Cahigua", which means snail.

Cagua is one of the most important cities of Aragua state because it is close to Maracay (about 14 km away), the capital city of Aragua, it is close to Valencia, Carabobo (about 65 km away) and it is also nearby Caracas (at 97 km away), Venezuela's capital city.

Cagua has been, for a long time, an important industrial zone.