Guárico

For ither uises, see Guárico (disambiguation).

Guárico (Spaingie: Estado Guárico, IPA: [esˈtaðo ˈɣwaɾiko]) is ane o the 23 states o Venezuela. The state caipital is San Juan de Los Morros. Guárico State covers a total surface aurie o 64 986 km² an, in 2007, haed an estimatit population of 745,100. It is named for the Guárico River.

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State o Venezuela
Coat airms
Motto(s):  Si amas la libertad, ven a mis pampas (Spaingie: If you love liberty, come to my plains)
Location athin Venezuela
Coordinates: 8.7°N 66.61°W / 8.7; -66.61
Kintra	Venezuela
Created	1899
Caipital	San Juan de los Morros
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Arturo Suárez (2010–present)
Area
• Total	64986 km2 (25,091 sq mi)
Area rank	4t
	7.1% of Venezuela
Population  (2007 est.)
• Total	745,100
• Rank	16t
	2.85% o Venezuela
Time zone	UTC-04:00
ISO 3166 code	VE-J
Emblematic tree	Palma llanera (Copernicia tectorum)
Website	www.guarico.gob.ve

History

Durin Colonial Venezuela, the territory o Guárico State wis pairt o the Province o Venezuela. Guárico Province wis creatit as a Province o Venezuela in 1848 bi decree o Preses José Tadeo Monagas, an follaein the Federal War, Guárico State wis creatit as a State o Venezuela in 1864. In the late nineteent century (frae 1881) it wis involvit in a series o re-arrangements o Venezuelan states, eventually re-emergin as an unthirlt state in 1899. Its first caipital wis Calabozo (till October 1874), its seicont Ortiz (till 1934), when the caipital wis muivit tae San Juan de los Morros.

Municipalities an municipal seats

1. Camaguán (Camaguán)
2. Chaguaramas (Chaguaramas)
3. El Socorro (El Socorro)
4. Francisco de Miranda (Calabozo)
5. José Félix Ribas (Tucupido)
6. José Tadeo Monagas (Altagracia de Orituco)
7. Juan Germán Roscio (San Juan de los Morros)
8. Julián Mellado (El Sombrero)
9. Las Mercedes (Las Mercedes del Llano)
10. Leonardo Infante (Valle de la Pascua)
11. Ortiz (Ortiz)
12. Pedro Zaraza (Zaraza)
13. San Gerónimo de Guayabal (Guayabal)
14. San José de Guaribe (San José de Guaribe)
15. Santa María de Ipire (Santa María de Ipire)

See an aw

• States o Venezuela
• John the Baptist Monument

Freemit airtins

• guarico.com.ve Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine