page_title: Monagas
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Monagas / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Las Puertas de Miraflores son paredes de roca caliza de 150m de alto, ubicadas en el sector Miraflores, municipio Acosta del Estado Monagas. Posee rutas para Escalada en Roca que están entre las más altas del país, con dificultades entre 5.7 hasta 5.13c y son consideradas entre las mejores paredes de escalada de América del Sur porque son extra-aplomadas en el lenguaje de los escaladores; pero Las Puertas de Miraflores no son sólo para escaladores; son un paseo excelente y altamente recomendado para practicar senderismo, observar la naturaleza y darse un buen baño de río, ya que se accede a ellas por una caminería en medio de un exuberante bosque con varios pasos de río.
context_page_description: Monagas State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.
  Monagas State covers a total surface area of 28,900 km² and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443.
  Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the west and south, Bolívar State in the south, Delta Amacuro State in the south and east and the Paria Gulf in the northeast.
  The state is named after the general and president of Venezuela José Tadeo Monagas, native from this state, and his brother and fellow president José Gregorio Monagas, native from the neighbor Anzoátegui State.
  The capital of the state is Maturín.
context_section_description: The main economical activity is the exploitation of oil. Many towns as Punta de Mata, El Tejero, Temblador depend on this activity.
  Other towns as Caripe and San Antonio live off agriculture and livestock farming. Coffee is planted in the areas next to the towns of Caripe and San Antonio. Cocoa is being cultivated near Caripito. Maize, tomato, sugar-cane, tobacco, banana, rice, yucca and tropical fruits grow in other areas.
  Cattle is concentrated in the southern and western parts of Monagas, where there are great extensions of savannas and plateaus.
  The state has forests with its corresponding industry.
  Because of the oil exploitation Maturín is a main commercial and banking centre in the east of Venezuela.
caption: Puertas de Miraflores, Monagas State
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