Monagas

This article covers the Venezuelan state of Monagas, further meanings under Monagas (disambiguation)

Monagas
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Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	Maturín
surface	28,900 km²
Residents	995,600 (2017)
density	34 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-N
Website	www.monagas.gov.ve (Spanish)
politics
governor	Yelitze Santaella
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Coordinates: 9 ° 19 ′  N , 63 ° 1 ′  W

Monagas is one of the 23 states of Venezuela ; it is located in the northeast of the country. The capital is Maturín at 67 m above sea level, the seventh largest city in Venezuela.

location

Monagas is located in the northeast region of Venezuela. The neighboring states are Sucre in the north, Delta Amacuro in the east, Bolívar and Anzoátegui in the south and Anzoátegui in the west.

economy

Monagas is included in the "Orinoco Belt". In the Orinoco Basin, there are huge oil deposits or oil sands and heavy and extra heavy oil. The Guárico , Anzoátegui and the Delta Amacuro state also belong to the belt .

The first successful oil wells were carried out in the Orinoco Basin during the First World War. They made Venezuela at times a very important producer worldwide. The fall in prices in recent years and the refusal to invest a lot of money from the income during the high oil prices from 2000 to 2008 in the exploration and renewal of the plants are now leading to a decline in production. Venezuela is largely on the verge of national bankruptcy, despite a 60-fold increase in the domestic gasoline price around the beginning of April 2016.

Administrative division

Monagas is divided into thirteen districts ( Municipios ), with the Maturín district accounting for 46.13% of the state area and 56.7% of the population.

• Acosta ( San Antonio de Maturín ), population 16,836
• Aguasay ( Aguasay ), population 9,853
• Bolívar ( Caripito ), population 34,975
• Caripe ( Caripe ), population 31,353
• Cedeño ( Caicara de Maturín ), population 27,894
• Ezequiel Zamora ( Punta de Mata ), population 52,122
• Libertador ( Temblador ), population 35,479
• Maturín ( Maturín ), population 404,649
• Piar ( Aragua de Maturín ), population 38,934
• Punceres ( Quiriquire ), population 24,175
• Santa Bárbara ( Santa Bárbara ), population 7,709
• Sotillo ( Barrancas del Orinoco ), population 20,510
• Uracoa ( Uracoa ), population 8,137

Livestock on Monagas State.

Last governors

• Yelitze Santaella (2012-2017)
• José Gregorio Briceño (2004–2012)
• Guillermo Call (2000-2004)
• Miguel Gómez (2000)
• Luis Eduardo Martínez (1995-2000)
• Guillermo Call (1989-1995)

Attractions

Cueva del Guacharo

1. Uyapari Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Uyapari)
2. Speleology Museum Alexander von Humboldt (Museo Espeleológico Alejandro Humboldt):
3. Monterrey Theater (Teatro Monterrey): in Maturín .
4. Chapel of Saint Agustin (Capilla de San Agustín): in Caripe .
5. Saladero: village with colonial architecture and archaeological finds.

Personalities

• José Tadeo Monagas
• José Gregorio Monagas
• Juana Ramírez

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reuters article shows an oil well in Monagas from April 16
2. ↑ Institudo Nacional de Estadística (INE): Estado Monagas: Primeros Resultados XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda (2001) ( Memento of the original of September 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . November 2002. 

Web links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• Profile of Monagas at the State of Venezuela (Spanish)