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Amazonas (Venezuela)
Venezuelan state / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazonas is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. Amazonas State covers a total surface area of 176,899 km² and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200.[1][2]
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The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. Amazonas has Venezuela's highest proportion of indigenous peoples of Venezuela.[3]