Portuguesa (state)

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Estado Portuguesa
Image:Banderaportuguesa.gif Image:Escudoportuguesa.gif State flag State Coat of Arms
Portuguesa State Anthem
Motto: Honor y Gloria (Spanish: Honor and Glory)
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1909
State capital	Guanare
Area    •%	15,200 km² 1,65   (Ranked 12th)
Population    •%	856,499 hab. (2006 est.) 3,34   (Ranked 12th)
Emblematic tree	The Caoba (Swietenia macrophylla)
ISO 3166-2	VE-P
Governor	Antonia Muñoz 2004 - 2008
Website: Gobierno de Poruguesa

Estado Portuguesa is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.

The state capital is Guanare.

Portuguesa State covers a total surface area of 15,200 km² and, in 2006, had an estimated population of 856 499.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Agua Blanca (Agua Blanca)
2. Araure (Araure)
3. Esteller (Píritu)
4. Guanare (Guanare)
5. Guanarito (Guanarito)
6. Monseñor José Vicente de Unda (Paraíso de Chabasquén)
7. Ospino (Ospino)
8. Páez (Acarigua)
9. Papelón (Papelon)
10. San Genaro de Boconoito (Boconoito)
11. San Rafael de Onoto (San Rafael de Onoto)
12. Santa Rosalía (El Playon)
13. Sucre (Biscucuy)
14. Turén (Villa Bruzual)

See also: States of Venezuela

Political Divisions of Venezuela

Capital District: Caracas States: Amazonas | Anzoátegui | Apure | Aragua | Barinas | Bolívar | Carabobo | Cojedes | Delta Amacuro | Falcón | Guárico | Lara | Mérida | Miranda | Monagas | Nueva Esparta | Portuguesa | Sucre | Táchira | Trujillo | Vargas | Yaracuy | Zulia Federal dependencies: Los Monjes Archipelago | Las Aves Archipelago | Isla Aves | Los Hermanos Island | Islas Los Frailes | Los Roques Archipelago | La Sola Island | La Tortuga Island | La Orchila | La Blanquilla Island | Los Testigos Island | Isla de Patos