Yaracuy

Yaracuy
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Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	San Felipe
surface	7100 km²
Residents	716,000 (2017)
density	101 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-U
Website	www.yaracuy.gob.ve (Spanish)
politics
governor	Julio Cesar Leon Heredia

Coordinates: 10 ° 25 ′  N , 68 ° 43 ′  W

Yaracuy is one of the 23 states of Venezuela . The capital is San Felipe .

Other important cities are Yaritagua, Chivacoa, Aroa, Nirgua and Cocorote. Yaracuy is located in the north of the country and borders the states of Falcón , Lara , Portuguesa , Cojedes and Carabobo in the east.

In the Tirgua National Park

Yaracuy lies on a plateau and is characterized by mountainous landscapes. In the south is the Tirgua National Park .

The most important branch of the economy is agriculture.

Administrative division

Yaracuy is divided into 14 districts ( Municipios ):

No	district	Capital
1	Aristides Bastidas	San Pablo
2	Bolívar	Aroa
3	Bruzual	Chivacoa
4th	Coco red	Coco red
5	Independencia	Independencia
6th	Jose Antonio Paez	Sabana de Parra
7th	La Trinidad	Boraure
8th	Manuel Monge	Yumare
9	Nirgua	Nirgua
10	Peña	Yaritagua
11	San Felipe	San Felipe de Yaracuy
12	Sucre	Guama
13	Urachiche	Urachiche
14th	Veroes	Farriar

Web links

• Geographical and political regions of Venezuela