States o Venezuela
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Template:Politics of Venezuela Venezuela is dividit intae 23 states (estados), 1 Caipital Destrict (Distrito Capital) an the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales) that conseest o a muckle nummer o Venezuelan islands. Venezuela claims the Guayana Esequiba territory which comprises sax destricts in the independent naition o Guyana an aw.
Historical states
Prior tae the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela wis dividit intae provinces rather than states (see Provinces o Venezuela). The victorious forces wur supposed tae grant mair autonomy tae the individual states, but this wis no implementit.
Frae 1863 tae the early 1900s thare wur numerous territorial chynges, includin the merger an splittin o states, but frae then till the 1990s the states wur left unchyngit. States that existit durin this time includit Guzmán Blanco State (1873–1889). Oreeginally a renamit Aragua State, in 1881 the states o Miranda, Guárico, Nueva Esparta an the Vargas depairtment o the Federal Destrict wur mergit intae the state. This wis pairt o a territorial reorganisation reducin the nummer o states frae 20 tae 9, which wis reversed in 1901.
Recent years hae seen the creation o three new states: Delta Amacuro (1991), Amazonas (1994), an Vargas (1998).
States
Belaw is a leet o the 23 states o Venezuela. The states are leetit alang wi thair correspondent emblems, data an location.
| Banner | Coat o Airms | States | Caipital ceety | Population (2010 est.) | Aurie | Region | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Amazonas | Puerto Ayacucho | 142,200 | 180,145 km² | Guayana |  |
.svg){kind=small} |  | Anzoátegui | Barcelona | 1,654,900 | 43,300 km² | Nor - Oriental |  |
 | Apure | San Fernando de Apure | 499,900 | 76,500 km² | Llanos |  | |
 |  | Aragua | Maracay | 1,665,200 | 7,014 km² | Central |  |
 | Barinas | Barinas | 756,600 | 35,200 km² | Andean |  | |
 |  | Bolívar | Ciudad Bolívar | 1,852,800 | 238,000 km² | Guayana |  |
 | Carabobo | Valencia | 2,531,000 | 4,650 km² | Central |  | |
 | Cojedes | San Carlos | 340,300 | 14,800 km² | Central |  | |
 | Delta Amacuro | Tucupita | 159,700 | 40,200 km² | Guayana |  | |
 | Falcón | Coro | 961,500 | 24,800 km² | Central - Occidental |  | |
 |  | Guárico | San Juan De Los Morros | 745,100 | 64,986 km² | Llanos |  |
 | Lara | Barquisimeto | 1,999,100 | 19,800 km² | Central - Occidental |  | |
 |  | Mérida | Mérida | 895,800 | 11,300 km² | Andean |  |
 | Miranda | Los Teques | 3,010,900 | 7,950 km² | Capital |  | |
 | Monagas | Maturín | 999,300 | 28,930 km² | Nor - Oriental |  | |
 | Nueva Esparta | La Asunción | 508,900 | 1,150 km² | Insular |  | |
 | Portuguesa | Guanare | 919,400 | 15,200 km² | Central - Occidental |  | |
 |  | Sucre | Cumaná | 945,600 | 11,800 km² | Nor - Oriental |  |
 |  | Táchira | San Cristóbal | 1,225,300 | 11,100 km² | Andean |  |
 | Trujillo | Trujillo | 747,400 | 7,400 km² | Andean |  | |
 | Vargas | La Güaira | 337,900 | 1,496 km² | Capital |  | |
 | Yaracuy | San Felipe | 640,700 | 7,100 km² | Central - Occidental |  | |
 | Zulia | Maracaibo | 4,020,200 | 63,100 km² | Zulian |  |
Special status auries
| Banner | Coat o Airms | Aurie!Caipital ceety | Population (2007 est.) | Aurie | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Caipital Destrict | Caracas | 2,085,500 | 433 km² |  |
 | Federal Dependencies | Los Roques | 15,420 | 342 km² |  |
Namin
Several states are namit for historical figurs:
- Anzoátegui for José Antonio Anzoátegui
- Bolívar for Simón Bolívar
- Falcón for Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
- Lara for Jacinto Lara
- Miranda for Francisco de Miranda
- Monagas for José Tadeo Monagas an José Gregorio Monagas
- Sucre for Antonio José de Sucre
- Vargas for José María Vargas
Several states are namit for naitural features:
- Amazonas is namit for the Amazon River
- Apure is namit for the Apure River
- Aragua for the Aragua River
- Barinas for the Barinas River
- Cojedes for the Cojedes River
- Delta Amacuro for the river delta o the Amacuro River
- Guárico for the Guárico River
- Portuguesa for the Portuguesa River
- Táchira for the Táchira River
- Yaracuy for the Yaracuy River
Ither namin oreegins:
- Carabobo, namit for an ethnic veelage
- Caracas, namit for the Caracas indigenous group
- Mérida, for the caipital ceety, Mérida, itsel namit for Mérida in Spain.
- Nueva Esparta ("New Sparta") is namit for the heroism shawn bi its indwallers during the Venezuelan War o Unthirldom, deemed seemilar tae that o the Spartan soldiers o Auncient Greece.
- Trujillo, for the caipital ceety, Trujillo, itsel namit for Trujillo in Spain.
- Zulia's name stems frae a vocal transliteration frae the Chibcha leid, bein the name thay cried an exotic blue-flouered plant kent as "Edging Lobelia" (Lobelia erinus).
See an aw
- ISO 3166-2:VE
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