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 of Venezuela

States

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

Flag	Coat of Arms	States	Capital city	Population (2010 est.)	Area	Region	Location
		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

Special status areas

Flag	Coat of Arms	Area	Capital city	Population (2007 est.)	Area	Location
		Capital District	Caracas	2,085,500	433 km²
		Federal Dependencies	Los Roques	15,420	342 km²