Sucre (state)

Sucre State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.  The state capital is Cumaná.  Sucre State covers a total surface area of  and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921.  The most important river in the state is the Manzanares River. 

Municipalities
 Andrés Eloy Blanco (Casanay)
 Andrés Mata (San José de Aerocuar)
 Arismendi (Río Caribe)
 Benítez (El Pilar)
 Bermúdez (Carúpano)
 Bolívar (Marigüitar)
 Cajigal (Yaguaraparo)
 Cruz Salmerón Acosta (Araya)
 Libertador (Tunapuy)
 Mariño (Irapa)
 Mejía (San Antonio del Golfo)
 Montes (Cumanacoa)
 Ribero (Cariaco)
 Sucre (Cumaná)
 Valdez (Güiria)

Government and politics

Like other states, the structure of the government of Sucre is laid out in the Constitution, the highest law in the state.  

The Governor of Sucre is in charge of the government and administration, serves for a four-year term and can be re-elected to an additional term only immediately and only once. 

The state legislature is made up of a single body, the Legislative Council.  It has the power to pass the state's Budget Law. 

Like the other 23 federal entities of Venezuela, the State maintains its own police force, which is supported and complemented by the National Police and the Venezuelan National Guard. 

Population

Race and ethnicity 

According to the 2011 Census, the racial composition of the population was:

Notable people
Antonio José de Sucre "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho"
Cruz Salmerón Acosta, poet. 
Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet. 
Juana Dolores Valdéz, poet. 
Edilio Navarro, sculptor.  
Francisco del Valle Álvarez Agreda, singer. 
Pastora Salazar Suniaga, singer. 
Bernardo Bermúdez. 
Atanasio Antonio Tineo, musician. 
General Francisco Mejía. 
Doctor Diego Carbonell. 
Gualberto Ibarreto, singer. 
 Eladio Lárez, TV host 
José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet. 
Maria Rodríguez, singer-songwriter.  
Francisco Sánchez, swimmer.  
Irene Esser, Miss Universe 2012, 2nd runner up. 
 Wolfgang Larrazábal, rear admiral, president of Venezuela (1958)

Gallery

See also
States of Venezuela

References

External links

 
Category:States of Venezuela
Category:States and territories established in 1909