Falcón

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Estado Falcón
State flag State Coat of Arms
Falcón State Anthem
Motto: Dios y Federación (Spanish: God and Federation)
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1864 ¹
State capital	Coro
Area    •%	24,800 km² 2,71   (Ranked 10th)
Population    •%	901,500 hab. (2007 est.) 3,45   (Ranked 11th)
Emblematic tree	The Cují yaque (Prosopis juliflora)
ISO 3166-2	VE-I
Governor	Jesús Montilla 2004 - 2008
Website: Gobierno del Estado Falcón
¹ As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State.

Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Coro.

Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 901,500.

The State is named after President Falcón.

The Paraguaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Médanos. The Peninsula contains oil refineries, especially in the city of Punto Fijo. The oil is then shipped internationally through the port of Amuay.

There are four national parks in the state. The Medanos (mentioned above), the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, and the Sierra de San Luis (sometimes called parque nacional Juan Crisóstomo Falcón).

The island of Aruba is 27 km off the northern coast of Paraguaná Peninsula. The other two ABC islands (Bonaire and Curaçao) are a little further off the coast of the state.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats

1. Acosta (San Juan de los Cayos)
2. Bolívar (San Luis)
3. Buchivacoa (Capatárida)
4. Cacique Manaure (Yaracal)
5. Carirubana (Punto Fijo)
6. Colina (La Vela de Coro)
7. Dabajuro (Dabajuro)
8. Democracia (Pedregal)
9. Falcón (Pueblo Nuevo)
10. Federación (Churuguara)
11. Jacura (Jacura)
12. Los Taques (Santa Cruz de Los Taques)
13. Mauroa (Mene de Mauroa)
14. Miranda (Santa Ana de Coro)
15. Monseñor Iturriza (Chichiriviche)
16. Palmasola (Palmasola)
17. Petit (Cabure)
18. Píritu (Píritu)
19. San Francisco (Mirimire)
20. Silva (Tucacas)
21. Sucre (La Cruz de Taratara)
22. Tocópero (Tocópero)
23. Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
24. Urumaco (Urumaco)
25. Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)

[edit] See also

• States of Venezuela

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