Zulia

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Estado Zulia
Flag of Zulia State Coat of Arms of Zulia State
State flag State Coat of Arms
Zulia State Anthem
Motto: none
Location of Zulia State
Location within Venezuela
Created
(given current status)		 1864
State capital Maracaibo
Area
   •%
 63,100 km²
6,92   (Ranked 5th)
Population
   •%
 3,620,200 hab. (2007 est.)
13,87   (Ranked 1st)
Emblematic tree The Cocotero
(Cocos nucifera)
ISO 3166-2 VE-V
Governor Manuel Rosales
2004 - 2008
Website: Gobernación del Zulia

Estado Zulia is one of Venezuela's 23 states (estados). The state capital is Maracaibo. The state covers a total surface area of 63,100 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 3,620,200. It is located in the northwestern part of the country.

[edit] Geography

Lake Maracaibo, the largest lake in South America, lies within Zulia. The Lake Maracaibo Basin covers one of the largest oil and gas reserves in the western hemisphere, bringing enormous wealth to the country. A long and mostly uninhabited border separates Venezuela from Colombia to the north and west from the Guajira Peninsula to the mountains of Perijá. Venezuela's Andean states of Tachira, Mérida and Trujillo border Zulia State at the Southern end of Lake Maracaibo and finally the states of Lara and Falcón complete the boundaries of Zulia.

The name Venezuela also comes from the Lake Maracaibo area. Spanish Conquistadors sailing into this area found the indigenous peoples living in communities of huts supported by stilts along the shores of the Lake over 500 years ago and promptly named this new territory "Little Venice" (Pequeña Venecia) or Venezuela.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats

Zulia is comprised by 21 municipalities (municipios):

Municipality Seat
1. Almirante Padilla El Toro
2. Baralt San Timoteo
3. Cabimas Cabimas
4. Catatumbo Encontrados
5. Colón San Carlos del Zulia
6. Francisco Javier Pulgar Pueblo Nuevo / El Chivo
7. Jesús Enrique Lossada La Concepción
8. Jesús María Semprún Casigua el Cubo
9. La Cañada de Urdaneta Concepción
10. Lagunillas Ciudad Ojeda
11. Machiques de Perijá Machiques
12. Mara San Rafael del Moján
13. Maracaibo Maracaibo
14. Miranda Los Puertos de Altagracia
15. Páez Sinamaica
16. Rosario de Perijá La Villa del Rosario
17. San Francisco San Francisco
18. Santa Rita Santa Rita
19. Simón Bolívar Tía Juana
20. Sucre Bobures
21. Valmore Rodríguez Bachaquero
Political Divisions of Venezuela Flag 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
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