Guayana Region, Venezuela

Guayana Region, in the east, is the largest region.

The Guayana Region is an administrative region of Venezuela. The region has a population of 1,383,297 inhabitants and a territory of 458,344 km², slightly over half the area of the whole country. It borders the independent nation of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) which forms part of The Guianas. Geographically it is part of the Guiana Shield and is also known as the Venezuelan Guayana.^[1] It was once referred to as Spanish Guiana, which is now divided between the Venezulan states of Amazonas, Delta Amacuro and Bolívar.

Federal States

The Guayana Region comprises three of the federal States of Venezuela.

• Amazonas
• Bolívar
• Delta Amacuro

See also

• Ciudad Guayana, a city in Bolívar State
• Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, state-owned corporation for the extraction of natural resources in Guayana
• Guianas, a disambiguation page

References

Administrative 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 Dependencies Los Monjes Archipelago Las Aves archipelago Isla Aves Los Hermanos Archipelago Islas Los Frailes Los Roques archipelago La Sola Island La Tortuga Island La Orchila Blanquilla Island Los Testigos Islands Isla de Patos Regions Andean Capital Central Central-Western Guayana Insular Llanos Eastern South-Western Zulian Claimed Guayana Esequiba