Mérida (state)

Estado Mérida () is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida. Mérida State covers a total surface area of 11,300 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 843,800.Vila, Marco Aurelio, 1967: Aspectos geográficos del estado Mérida. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 359p.Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). (1998): Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volúmenes.  

 Municipalities and municipal seats 
 Municipality  Localization  Seat  Nombre de parishciviles  Parish name  Population(2001) Alberto Adriani  100px  El Vigía  7  Rómulo GallegosPresidente PáezRómulo BetancourtGagriel Picón GonzalezHector Amable MoraJosé Nucete SardiPulido Méndez   Andrés Bello  100px  La Azulita  1  Capital Andrés Bello   Antonio Pinto Salinas  100px  Santa Cruz de Mora  3  Mesa de las PalmasMesa BolívarSanta Cruz de Mora   Aricagua  100px  Aricagua  2  AricaguaSan Antonio   Arzobispo Chacón  100px  Canaguá  7  CanaguáMucutuyMucuchachíChacantáEl MolinoCapuríGuaimaral   Campo Elías  100px  Ejido  7  Fernandez PeñaMatrizMontalbánAcequiasJajíLa MesaSan José   Caracciolo Parra Olmedo  100px  Tucaní  2  Capital Caracciolo Parra OlmedoFlorencio Ramírez   Cardenal Quintero  100px  Santo Domingo  2  Capital Cardenal QuinteroLas Piedras   Guaraque  100px  Guaraque  3  Capital GuaraqueMesa de QuinteroRío Negro   Julio César Salas  100px  Arapuey  2  Julio César SalasPalmira   Justo Briceño  100px  Torondoy  2  Capital Justo BriceñoSan Cristóbal de Torondoy   Libertador  100px  Mérida  15  Antonio Spinetti DiniAriasCaracciolo Parra PérezDomingo PeñaEl LlanoGonzalo Picón FebresJacinto PlazaJuan Rodríguez SuárezLasso de la VegaMariano Picón SalasMillaOsuna RodríguezSagrarioEl MorroLos Nevados   Miranda  100px  Timotes  4  Andrés Eloy BlancoLa VentaPiñangoTimotes   Obispo Ramos de Lora  100px  Santa Elena de Arenales  3  Capital Obispo Ramos de LoraEloy ParedesSan Rafael de Alcázar   Padre Noguera  100px  Santa María de Caparo  1  Padre Noguera   Pueblo Llano  100px  Pueblo Llano  1  Pueblo Llano   Rangel  Mucuchíes  4  CacuteLa TomaMucurubáSan Rafael   Rivas Dávila  Bailadores  2  BailadoresGerónimo Maldonado   Santos Marquina  100px  Tabay  1  Santos Marquina   Sucre  100px  Lagunillas  5  ChiguaráEstánquesPueblo NuevoSan JuanLa Trampa   Tovar  100px  Tovar  4  TovarEl LlanoSan FranciscoEl Amparo   Tulio Febres Cordero  100px  Nueva Bolivia  4  IndependenciaSanta ApoloniaMaria de La Concepción Palacios y BlancoNueva Bolivia   Zea  100px  Zea  2  Caño El TigreZea   Total  100px  85   

Geography
Hydrography
Rivers
Hydrography is divided into two basins of the Orinoco River (Atlantic) and Lake Maracaibo (Caribbean Sea): In the Orinoco River basin major rivers are: Santo Domingo, Canaguá, Escagüey, Ticopoto, Bumbúm and Carapo; in the In the Lake Maracaibo basin major rivers are: Chama, Motatán, Mucujepe, Capaz, Torondoy, Mocotíes and Nuestra Señora.

Lagons
In the state there are a lot of gaps between them are: La Mucuy, Los Patos, Negra, Mucubaji, Santo Cristo, El Arco, Los Anteojos, Suero, Encierro, La Sangre, El Gallo, Don Pedro, Laguna Grande, campanario, La Honda, La Negra, Fría y La Carbonera. Other gaps: Laguna Brava, Los Lirios and Urao 

National parks
 Sierra Nevada National Park
 Paramo Batallon – La Negra National Park
 Sierra de la Culata National Park
 Tapo-Caparo National Park

Natural monuments
 Chorrera de La González
 Laguna de Urao
 Meseta la Galera

Other sites of interest
 Aguas termales de Chiguara.
 Aguas termales de Jají.
 Aguas termales de Tabay.
 Aguas termales Valle de la Quebrada de las Tapias.
 El Velo de la Novia.
 Parque Natural Cascada De La India Carú
 Parque Natural Cascada El Guayabal
 Laguna de Mucubají o Laguna Grande.
 Laguna Negra.
 Kiubofibo "Inside my mind".
 Collado del Cóndor (Pico El Águila).
 Pico El Gavilán.
 Pico Espejo.
 Pico Mucuñuque.
 Aguas termales de Santa Apolonia
 Balneario de Palmarito

Climate and Vegetation
The climate is cold but in the relatively small area of Mérida state, there are usually several dramatic climatic changes that occur daily. The climate in Mérida city is between 19 °C and 20 °C, temperatures between 5 °C and 9 °C  at El Bolivar Peak, or below zero  when it snows and 28 °C in the El Vigía area. Its rains almost every late afternoon in January–February that is the coldest months an August–September and in August and September it often rains at night. The vegetation is exuberant and there are many lakes and rivers, a great number of which are well stocked with trout, one of the delicacies of Mérida. The most important river in the state is the "Chama" because a large part of the water resources of Venezuela originates in the Mérida mountains. The state tree is the "Bucare" and the state flower is the "Frailejón" and in the "Coloradito" is found the tree at the highest altitude in the world. In this mountains habitat the "Oso Frontino" bear and the majestic Condor flies through the skies of the páramos and in the lagoons there are many trout.

References

 Other websites 

 Government of Mérida State 

Category:1864 establishments

Category:Establishments in Venezuela
Category:19th-century establishments in South America