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Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist of a large number of Venezuelan islands.

1 Historical States
2 States
3 Special status areas
4 Municipal organization
5 External links

[edit] Historical States

Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states. The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this was not implemented.

From 1863 to the early 1900s there were numerous territorial changes, including the merger and splitting of states, but from then until the late 1990s the states were left unchanged. However, recent years have seen the creation of three new states: Delta Amacuro, Amazonas, and Vargas (in that order).

[edit] States

Flag	Coat of Arms	States	Capital city	Population (2006 est.)	Area	Region
Image:Amazonasbandera.gif		Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho	138,408	180,145 km²	Guayana
	Image:Escudoanzoa.GIF	Anzoátegui	Barcelona	1,453,274	43,300 km²	Nor - Oriental
align=left		Apure	San Fernando de Apure	462,913	76,500 km²	Llanos
align=left		Aragua	Maracay	1,641,334	7,014 km²	Central
		Barinas	Barinas	740,440	35,200 km²	Andean
	Image:Escudobolivar.gif	Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	1,505,448	238,000 km²	Guayana
		Carabobo	Valencia	2,191,483	4,650 km²	Central
align=left		Cojedes	San Carlos	294,252	14,800 km²	Central
		Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	149,130	40,200 km²	Guayana
		Falcón	Coro	885,374	24,800 km²	Central - Occidental
		Guárico	San Juan De Los Morros	730,922	64,986 km²	Llanos
align=left		Lara	Barquisimeto	1,766,030	19,800 km²	Central - Occidental
		Mérida	Mérida	827,735	11,300 km²	Andean
align=left		Miranda	Los Teques	2,812,317	7,950 km²	Capital
Image:Banderamonagas.gif		Monagas	Maturín	837,379	28,930 km²	Nor - Oriental
		Nueva Esparta	La Asunción	429,946	1,150 km²	Insular
	Image:Escudoportuguesa.gif	Portuguesa	Guanare	856,499	15,200 km²	Central - Occidental
		Sucre	Cumaná	902,703	11,800 km²	Nor - Oriental
		Táchira	San Cristóbal	1,155,864	11,100 km²	South - Occidental
		Trujillo	Trujillo	698,264	7,400 km²	Andean
		Vargas	La Güaira	330,578	1,496 km²	Capital
		Yaracuy	San Felipe	585,673	7,100 km²	Central - Occidental
		Zulia	Maracaibo	3,553,354	63,100 km²	Zulian

[edit] Special status areas

Area	Capital city	Population (2005 est.)	Area
Capital District	Caracas	2,284,921	433 km²
Federal Dependencies	(none)	2,245	342 km²

[edit] Municipal organization

Venezuelan states are subdivided into "municipalities" (Spanish municipios), which may correspond to either or both of county and city in English-speaking countries. Municipios are the fundamental unit of local government in Venezuela.

[edit] External links

CityMayors feature

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