Dependencias Federales

Dependencias Federales
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Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	Los Roques
surface	342 km²
Residents	3100 (2005)
density	9.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-W
politics
governor	Juan Barreto

Coordinates: 10 ° 56 ′  N , 65 ° 21 ′  W

Los Roques

The Dependencias Federales (German Federal Territories ) is a federal territory in Venezuela . With the exception of Corocoro , Farallón Centinela and the islands belonging to the state of Nueva Esparta , they include most of the offshore islands and islets in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Venezuela. The islands with a total area of ​​342 km² are hardly populated or even uninhabited. Official sources give the permanent population of approx. 3,000 inhabitants, another approx. 100 people from Isla Margarita inhabit the islands temporarily to fish. The mayor of the Venezuelan capital Caracas is responsible for the local administration.

geography

The Dependencias Federales consist of about 600 islands and islets. Many of them have an area of ​​less than 10,000 m² and are often just rocks that rise out of the sea. The largest of these islands is La Tortuga, which occupies almost half of the total area of ​​the administrative area.

Main islands and archipelagos

• Isla Aves
• Las Aves (Islas de Aves)
  • Ave de Barlovento, the eastern archipelago consists of a reef with a diameter of 8 km and 3 islets in the southwest
  • Ave de Sotavento, the western archipelago has a large mangrove-covered island in the south
• La Blanquilla
• Los Frailes , a group of islands made up of ten barren, rocky islets
• La Sola , 17.4 km ONE of the Roca del Norte
• Isla de Patos
• Los Hermanos , a chain of islands made up of seven barren, rocky islets
  • Isla La Orquilla
  • Isla Los Morochos
  • Isla Grueso
  • Isla Pico (Isla Pando)
  • Isla Fondeadero
  • Isla Chiquito
• Los Monjes , a group of islands made up of eight barren, rocky islets
  • Monjes del Sur
  • Monje del este
  • Monjes del Norte
• La Orchila
• Los Roques
• Los Testigos
• La Tortuga ( the turtle island )

Web links

Commons : Dependencias Federales  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Detailed map of the Dependencias Federales
• Sailing Directions (English, PDF; 740 kB)
• Map sheet 1: 250,000 with La Blanquilla, Los Hermanos, Los Frailes, La Sola and Los Testigos
• Map sheet 1: 250,000 with Los Monjes