Mérida (state)
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Estado Mérida | |||||
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Mérida State Anthem | |||||
Motto: none | |||||
Location within Venezuela |
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Created (given current status) |
1864 | ||||
State capital | Mérida | ||||
Area •% |
11,300 km² 1,23 (Ranked 15th) |
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Population •% |
843,800 hab. (2007 est.) 3,1 (Ranked 14th) |
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Emblematic tree | The Bucare ceibo (Erythrina poeppigiana) |
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ISO 3166-2 | VE-L |
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Governor | Florencio Porras 2004 - 2008 |
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Website: Gobernación del Estado Mérida | |||||
Estado Mérida is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
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.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats
- Alberto Adriani (El Vigía)
- Andrés Bello (La Azulita)
- Antonio Pinto Salinas (Santa Cruz de Mora)
- Aricagua (Aricagua)
- Arzobispo Chacón (Canagua)
- Campo Elías (Ejido)
- Caracciolo Parra Olmedo (Tucani)
- Cardenal Quintero (Santo Domingo)
- Guaraque (Guaraque)
- Julio César Salas (Arapuey)
- Justo Briceño (Torondoy)
- Libertador (Mérida)
- Miranda (Timotes)
- Obispo Ramos de Lora (Santa Elena de Arenales)
- Padre Noguera (Santa María de Caparo)
- Pueblo Llano (Pueblo Llano)
- Rangel (Mucuchíes)
- Rivas Dávila (Bailadores)
- Santos Marquina (Tabay)
- Sucre (Lagunillas)
- Tovar (Tovar)
- Tulio Febres Cordero (Nueva Bolivia)
- Zea (Zea)
See also: States of Venezuela
[edit] External links
- Government of Mérida State (in Spanish)
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