States of Venezuela

Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 capital district and the federal dependencies that consist of a large number of Venezuelan islands. Venezuela also claims the Guayana Esequiba territory which is made up of six districts in the independent nation of Guyana.^[1]^[2]^[3]

States

Below is a list of the 23 states of Venezuela. The states are listed along with their correspondent emblems, data and location.^[3]

States	Capital city	Population (2010 est.)	Area	Region
Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho	142,200	180,145 km²	Guayana
Anzoátegui	Barcelona	1,654,900	43,300 km²	Nor - Oriental
Apure	San Fernando de Apure	499,900	76,500 km²	Llanos
Aragua	Maracay	1,665,200	7,014 km²	Central
Barinas	Barinas	756,600	35,200 km²	Andean
Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	1,852,800	238,000 km²	Guayana
Carabobo	Valencia	2,531,000	4,650 km²	Central
Cojedes	San Carlos	340,300	14,800 km²	Central
Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	159,700	40,200 km²	Guayana
Falcón	Coro	961,500	24,800 km²	Central - Occidental
Guárico	San Juan de Los Morros	745,100	64,986 km²	Llanos
Lara	Barquisimeto	1,999,100	19,800 km²	Central - Occidental
Mérida	Mérida	895,800	11,300 km²	Andean
Miranda	Los Teques	3,010,900	7,950 km²	Capital
Monagas	Maturín	999,300	28,930 km²	Nor - Oriental
Nueva Esparta	La Asunción	508,900	1,150 km²	Insular
Portuguesa	Guanare	919,400	15,200 km²	Central - Occidental
Sucre	Cumaná	945,600	11,800 km²	Nor - Oriental
Táchira	San Cristóbal	1,225,300	11,100 km²	Andean
Trujillo	Trujillo	747,400	7,400 km²	Andean
Vargas	La Guaira	337,900	1,496 km²	Capital
Yaracuy	San Felipe	640,700	7,100 km²	Central - Occidental
Zulia	Maracaibo	4,020,200	63,100 km²	Zulian