States o Venezuela

Venezuela is dividit intae 23 states (), 1 Caipital Destrict () an the Federal Dependencies () 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.

BannerCoat o AirmsStatesCaipital ceetyPopulation (2010 est.)AurieRegionLocation50px40pxAmazonasPuerto Ayacucho142,200180,145 km²Guayana50px50px40pxAnzoáteguiBarcelona1,654,90043,300 km²Nor - Oriental50px50pxApureSan Fernando de Apure499,90076,500 km²Llanos50px50px35pxAraguaMaracay1,665,2007,014 km²Central50px50pxBarinasBarinas756,60035,200 km²Andean50px50px35pxBolívarCiudad Bolívar1,852,800238,000 km²Guayana50px50pxCaraboboValencia2,531,0004,650 km²Central50px50pxCojedesSan Carlos340,30014,800 km²Central50px50pxDelta AmacuroTucupita159,70040,200 km²Guayana50px50pxFalcónCoro961,50024,800 km²Central - Occidental50px50px35pxGuáricoSan Juan De Los Morros745,10064,986 km²Llanos50px50pxLaraBarquisimeto1,999,10019,800 km²Central - Occidental50px50px35pxMéridaMérida895,80011,300 km²Andean50px50pxMirandaLos Teques3,010,9007,950 km²Capital50px50pxMonagasMaturín999,30028,930 km²Nor - Oriental50px50pxNueva EspartaLa Asunción508,9001,150 km²Insular50px50pxPortuguesaGuanare919,40015,200 km²Central - Occidental50px50px40pxSucreCumaná945,60011,800 km²Nor - Oriental50px50px50pxTáchiraSan Cristóbal1,225,30011,100 km²Andean50px50pxTrujilloTrujillo747,4007,400 km²Andean50px50pxVargasLa Güaira337,9001,496 km²Capital50px50pxYaracuySan Felipe640,7007,100 km²Central - Occidental50px50pxZuliaMaracaibo4,020,20063,100 km²Zulian50px

Special status auries

BannerCoat o AirmsAurie!Caipital ceetyPopulation (2007 est.)AurieLocation50px 40px Caipital DestrictCaracas2,085,500433 km²50px50px Federal DependenciesLos Roques15,420342 km² 50px

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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