Dependencias Federales
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Country | Venezuela | |
Capital | Los Roques | |
surface | 342 km² | |
Residents | 3100 (2005) | |
density | 9.1 inhabitants per km² | |
ISO 3166-2 | VE-W | |
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governor | Juan Barreto |
Coordinates: 10 ° 56 ′ N , 65 ° 21 ′ W
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
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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
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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
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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 )