Amazonas (Venezuelan state)

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	State o Venezuela
	Motto(s): Honor y Lealtad; (Spaingie for Honor an Lyalty)
	Location athin Venezuela
Kintra	Venezuela
Created	1994
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.amazonas.gob.ve
	^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory.

Amazonas (Spaingie: Estado Amazonas, IPA: [esˈtaðo amaˈsonas]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit.

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

Municipality	Caipital	km²	Pop
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)

A river near Autana tepui in Amazonas.

The Tobogán de la Selva, near tae Puerto Ayacucho.

See an aw

References

↑ Van Cott (2003), "Andean Indigenous Movements and Constitutional Transformation: Venezuela in Comparative Perspective", Latin American Perspectives 30(1), p52

Freemit airtins

Govrenor's page Archived 2005-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

3°30′N 66°00′W / 3.500°N 66.000°W / 3.500; -66.000

[1] Van Cott (2003), "Andean Indigenous Movements and Constitutional Transformation: Venezuela in Comparative Perspective", Latin American Perspectives 30(1), p52

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{{{official_name}}} {{{native_name}}}
State o Venezuela
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.amazonas.gob.ve
^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory.