States of Venezuela

The states of Venezuela with Guiana Esequiba

Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados) and the capital district Distrito Capital . There are also the so-called Dependencias Federales de Ultramar , which consist of a number of islands dependent on Venezuela.

Before the Civil War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces instead of states. The victorious forces wanted to introduce more autonomy for the states, but this was not implemented. From 1863 until the early 20th century there were numerous territorial changes, including numerous mergers and divisions. It was not until the end of the same century that there were three more new states, namely Delta Amacuro , Amazonas and Vargas .

States of Venezuela

State	Capital	Residents 2017	Area in km²	Ew. per km² 2017	region	location
Amazon	Puerto Ayacucho	187,900	180.144	1.1	Guiana
Anzoátegui	Barcelona	1,706,100	43,300	39.4	Nor-Oriental
Apure	San Fernando de Apure	593,700	76,500	7.8	de los Llanos
Aragua	Maracay	1,839,100	7.014	262.2	Central
Barinas	Barinas	913,600	35,200	26.0	de los Andes
Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	1,809,300	238,000	7.5	Guiana
Carabobo	Valencia	2,494,800	4,650	536.5	Central
Cojedes	San Carlos	357,900	14,800	24.2	Central
Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	197,200	40,200	4.9	Guiana
Dependencias Federales	Los Roques	2,250	342	18.8	Insular
Distrito Capital	Caracas	2,085,800	433	4,817.4	Capital
Falcon	Coro	1,046,400	24,800	42.2	Centro-Occidental
Guárico	San Juan de los Morros	905,000	64,986	13.9	de los Llanos
Lara	Barquisimeto	2,007,200	19,800	101.4	Centro-Occidental
Merida	Merida	1,007,900	11,300	89.2	de los Andes
Miranda	Los Teques	3,228,400	7,950	406.1	Capital
Monagas	Maturín	995,600	28,930	34.5	Nor-Oriental
Nueva Esparta	La Asunción	584,900	1,150	508.6	Insular
Portuguesa	Guanars	1,024,300	15,200	67.4	Centro-Occidental
Sucre	Cumaná	1,059,500	11,800	89.8	Nor-Oriental
Tachira	San Cristobal	1,255,900	11,100	113.1	de los Andes
Trujillo	Trujillo	840,600	7,400	113.6	de los Andes
Vargas	La Guaira	298.109	1,496	249.0	Capital
Yaracuy	San Felipe	716,000	7,100	100.8	Centro-Occidental
Zulia	Maracaibo	4,199,200	63,100	66.6	Zuliana

Venezuelan states are divided into administrative districts (Spanish: municipios ).

See also

• Flags and coats of arms of the states of Venezuela

Web links

• CityMayors feature (en)