Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit
(Reguidit frae Amazonas, Venezuela)
Amazonas (Spaingie: Estado Amazonas, IPA: [esˈtaðo amaˈsonas]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit.
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Motto(s): Honor y Lealtad (Spaingie for Honor an Lyalty) | |
Location athin Venezuela | |
Kintra | Venezuela |
Created | 1994[c] |
Caipital | Puerto Ayacucho |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Liborio Guarulla (2005–2009) |
Area | |
• Total | 176899 km2 (68,301 sq mi) |
Area rank | 2nt |
19.38% of Venezuela | |
Population (2007 est.) | |
• Total | 142,200 |
• Rank | 24t |
0.3% o Venezuela | |
Time zone | UTC-04:00 |
ISO 3166 code | VE-Z |
Emblematic tree | Caucho (Hevea benthamiana) |
Website | www |
^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory. |
The state caipital is Puerto Ayacucho. The caipital till the early 1900s wis San Fernando de Atabapo. Although namit efter the Amazon River, maist o the state is drained bi the Orinoco. Amazonas State covers a total surface aurie o 176,899 km² an, in 2007, haed a population o 142,200. Its density is o 0.8 inhabitants per km².
Amazonas haes Venezuela's heichest proportion o indigenous fowks o Venezuela; these mak up anerlie aroond 1.5% o the population naitionwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas.[1]
Municipalities an Municipal Seats
eeditMunicipality | Caipital | km² | Pop | Map |
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Alto Orinoco Municipality | La Esmeralda | 49.217 km² | 14.222 hab. (2008) | |
Atabapo Municipality | San Fernando de Atabapo | 25.062 km² | 12.797 hab. (2007) | |
Atures Municipality | Puerto Ayacucho | 7.302 km² | 91.386 hab (2007) | |
Autana Municipality | Isla Ratón | 12.291 km² | 8.181 hab (2007) | |
Manapiare Municipality | San Juan de Manapiare | 32.042 km² | 9.658 hab (2007) | |
Maroa Municipality | Maroa | 13.082 km² | 8.181 hab (2005) | |
Río Negro Municipality | San Carlos de Río Negro | 37.903 km² | 9.658 hab (2007) |
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ Van Cott (2003), "Andean Indigenous Movements and Constitutional Transformation: Venezuela in Comparative Perspective", Latin American Perspectives 30(1), p52
Freemit airtins
eeditWikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Amazonas (Venezuela). |
- Govrenor's page Archived 2005-11-19 at the Wayback Machine