List of cities in Venezuela
This is a list of cities in Venezuela .
The two largest agglomerations in Venezuela are Caracas with a population of 3,723,728 and Maracaibo with a population of 2,063,461 (as of January 1, 2005). A quarter of the country's people live in both regions.
The following table shows the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (2005), the results of the census of October 20, 1981 and October 21, 1990, a calculation for January 1, 2005, and the results of the census of October 30, 2011 and the higher-level administrative unit ( state ) to which the city belongs. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.
(Z. = census, B. = calculation; sorting according to 2005 figures)
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rank | City (municipality short / long ) | Residents | Administrative unit | |||
Z. 1981 | Z. 1990 | B. 2005 | Z. 2011 | |||
1. | Maracaibo | 890.653 | 1,249,670 | 1,948,269 | 1,943,901 |
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2. | Caracas (Libertador) | 1,816,901 | 1,822,465 | 1,815,681 | 1,459,448 |
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3. | Valencia | 616.224 | 903.621 | 1,385,202 | 829.856 |
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4th | Barquisimeto (Iribarren) | 523.101 | 625.450 | 809.564 | 996.230 |
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5. | Ciudad Guayana (Caroní) | 314.497 | 453.047 | 746606 | 706.736 |
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6th | Barcelona (Bolívar / Símon Bolívar) | 156,461 | 221,792 | 424.819 | 421.424 |
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7th | Maturín | 154.976 | 206,654 | 410.967 | 542.259 |
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8th. | Maracay (Girardot) | 322,560 | 354.196 | 395.412 | 407.109 |
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9. | Petare (Sucre) | 395.715 | 338.417 | 365.959 | 600.351 |
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10. | Turmero (Mariño / Santiago Mariño) | 111.186 | 174,280 | 344,746 | 211.010 |
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11. | Ciudad Bolívar (Heres) | 182.941 | 225,340 | 291.170 | 342.280 |
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12. | Barinas | 110,462 | 153,630 | 284.305 | 353.851 |
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13. | Santa Teresa del Tuy (Independencia) | 34,460 | 88,865 | 279,424 | 138,776 |
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14th | Cumaná (Sucre) | 179,814 | 212,432 | 257.821 | 358.919 |
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15th | San Cristobal | 198,793 | 220,675 | 246.620 | 263,765 |
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16. | Baruta | 200,063 | 182.941 | 244.216 | 240,755 |
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17th | Puerto La Cruz (Sotillo / Juan Antonio Sotillo) | 134.222 | 155.731 | 218.228 | 244,728 |
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18th | Mérida (Libertador) | 143.209 | 170.902 | 215.289 | 217,537 |
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19th | Cabimas | 140,435 | 165,755 | 200,859 | 263.056 |
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20th | Coro (Miranda) | 96,339 | 124.506 | 195.246 | 211,537 |
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21st | Guatire (Zamora) | 37,827 | 78.010 | 192.291 | 187.075 |
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22nd | Cúa (Urdaneta) | 26,384 | 62,836 | 182,925 | 135,432 |
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23. | Guarenas (Plaza) | 101,742 | 134.158 | 181,657 | 209.987 |
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24. | Los Teques (Guaicaipuro) | 112,857 | 140.617 | 173,749 | 252,242 |
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25th | Ocumare del Tuy (Lander) | 43,377 | 76,880 | 166.112 | 144,947 |
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26th | Puerto Cabello | 103.192 | 128,825 | 163,886 | 182.493 |
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27. | Guacara | 72,727 | 100,768 | 151,788 | 176.218 |
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28. | El Tigre (Simón Rodríguez) | 73,595 | 93,229 | 151.011 | 182,474 |
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29 | El Limón (Iragorry / Mario Briceño Iragorry) | 65,122 | 90.030 | 148.270 | 99,852 |
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30th | Acarigua (Páez) | 91,662 | 116,551 | 143,739 | 177.175 |
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31. | Punto Fijo (Carirubana) | 71.114 | 88,681 | 131,797 | 239,444 |
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32. | Cabudare (Palavecino) | 25,022 | 49,790 | 131.013 | 174.099 |
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33. | Charallave (Cristóbal Rojas) | 29,410 | 54,939 | 129,213 | 117,888 |
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34. | Palo Negro (Libertador) | 27,789 | 50,718 | 128,895 | 114,355 |
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35. | Cagua (Sucre) | 53,704 | 73,465 | 119.052 | 114.509 |
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36. | Anaco | 43,607 | 61,386 | 117,605 | 122,634 |
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37. | Calabozo (Miranda / Francisco de Miranda) | 61,995 | 79,578 | 117,148 | 141,987 |
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38. | Guanars | 64.025 | 84.904 | 112,315 | 192,644 |
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39. | Carúpano (Bermúdez) | 64,579 | 92,333 | 112.102 | 138,798 |
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40. | Ejido (Campo Elías) | 20,511 | 41,924 | 107.056 | 99,873 |
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41. | Catia La Mar | 87,916 | 100.104 | 106,850 | 85,366 |
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42. | Mariara (Ibarra / Diego Ibarra) | 47,242 | 69,404 | 105,511 | 104,536 |
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See also
Web links
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Venezuela
- City Population - Historical population figures for the cities of Venezuela
- Data from the 2011 census by municipio (Spanish, Excel file, 97 kB), accessed on August 26, 2015
- 2011 Census: Results by State and Town (Spanish), accessed August 26, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Es : Anexo: Municipios de Venezuela List of the municipalities of Venezuela