Falcón

Falcón State (, ) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit. The state caipital is Coro.

Demographics an geografie
Falcón State kivers a tot surface aurie o 24,800 km² an, in 2010, haed an estimatit population o 950,057. The Paraguaná Peninsulae is connectit tae the rest o the state bi the Médanos Isthmus. The island o Aruba is 27 km aff the northren coast o Paraguaná Peninsulae. The ither twa ABC islands (Bonaire an Curaçao) are a little further aff the coast o the state.

Naitional pairks
Thare are fower naitional pairks in the state: the Médanos de Coro Naitional Pairk, the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, an Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Naitional Pairk.

History
The aurie wis first splorit in 1499 bi Juan de la Cosa an Amerigo Vespucci, as pairt o an expedeetion owerseen bi Alonso de Ojeda."Falcón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed May 2010.  The State is namit efter Preses Juan Crisóstomo Falcón.

Infrastructur
The region is maistly coastal lawlands an the northren Andean muntain hills, an is maistly dry wi limitit agricultur production. Fermin maistly occurs in river valleys an muntainous auries, an includes maize, coconut, sesame, coffee an succar cane.

Coro, the state caipital an the Paraguaná Peninsula hae haed significant amoonts o industrialization an growth.     Lairge ile refineries such as the Paraguana Refinery Complex in the ceety o Punto Fijo are locatit on the soothwastren shore o the Paraguaná Peninsulae, an approximately twa-thirds o Venezuela’s tot ile production occurs in this aurie, hintle o which is exportit via tanker ships that ship internaitionally throu the port o Amuay.

 Municipalities an municipal seats 

 Acosta (San Juan de los Cayos)
 Bolívar (San Luis)
 Buchivacoa (Capatárida)
 Cacique Manaure (Yaracal)
 Carirubana (Punto Fijo)
 Colina (La Vela de Coro)
 Dabajuro (Dabajuro)
 Democracia (Pedregal)
 Falcón (Pueblo Nuevo)
 Federación (Churuguara)
 Jacura (Jacura)
 Los Taques (Santa Cruz de Los Taques)
 Mauroa (Mene de Mauroa)
 Miranda (Santa Ana de Coro)
 Monseñor Iturriza (Chichiriviche)
 Palmasola (Palmasola)
 Petit (Cabure)
 Píritu (Píritu)
 San Francisco (Mirimire)
 Silva (Tucacas)
 Sucre (La Cruz de Taratara)
 Tocópero (Tocópero)
 Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
 Urumaco (Urumaco)
 Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)

 See also 

 States of Venezuela

 References 

Freemit airtins



Category:States o Venezuela
Category:States an territories established in 1864