Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist on a large number of Venezuelan islands.
Historical States
Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states. The victorius forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this was not implemented.
From 1863 to the early 1900s there were numerous territorial changes, including the merger and splitting of states, but from then until the late 1990s the states were left unchanged. However, recent years have seen the creation of three new states: Delta Amacuro, Amazonas, and Vargas (in that order).
States
| Flag
| Coat of Arms
| States
| Capital city
| Population
| Area
| Region
| Location
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| Amazonas | Puerto Ayacucho | 70,464 | 180,144 km² | Guayana | Venezuela-amazonas.jpg
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| Anzoátegui coa.gif | Anzoátegui | Barcelona | 1,222,225 | 43,300 km² | Nor - Oriental | Venezuela-anzoategui.jpg
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| Apure seal.gif | Apure | San Fernando de Apure | 377,756 | 76,500 km² | Llanos | Venezuela-apure.jpg
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| Aragua coa.gif | Aragua | Maracay | 1,449,616 | 7,014 km² | Central | Venezuela-aragua.jpg
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| Barinas coa.gif | Barinas | Barinas | 624,508 | 35,200 km² | Andean | Venezuela-barinas.jpg
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| Bolívar coa.gif | Bolívar | Ciudad Bolívar | 1,214,846 | 238,000 km² | Guayana | Venezuela-bolivar.jpg
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| Carabobo | Valencia | 1,932,168 | 4,650 km² | Central | Venezuela-carabobo.jpg
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| Cojedes Seal.jpg | Cojedes | San Carlos | 253,105 | 14,800 km² | Central | Venezuela-cojedes.jpg
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| Falcón | Coro | 763,180 | 24,800 km² | Central - Occidental | Venezuela-falcon.jpg
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| Lara | Barquisimeto | 1,556,415 | 19,800 km² | Central - Occidental | Venezuela-lara.jpg
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| Mérida coa.gif | Mérida | Mérida | 715,268 | 11,300 km² | Andean | Venezuela-merida.jpg
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| Miranda | Los Teques | 2,330,872 | 7,950 km² | Capital | Venezuela-miranda.jpg
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| Monagas | Maturín | 712,626 | 28,930 km² | Nor - Oriental | Venezuela-miranda.jpg
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| Nueva Esparta coa.gif | Nueva Esparta | La Asunción | 712,626 | 1,150 km² | Insular | Venezuela-monagas.jpg
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| Sucre | Cumaná | 786,483 | 11,800 km² | Nor - Oriental | Venezuela-sucre.jpg
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| Táchira | San Cristóbal | 992,669 | 11,100 km² | South - Occidental | Venezuela-tachira.jpg
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| Trujillo | Trujillo | 608,563 | 7,400 km² | Andean | Venezuela-trujillo.jpg
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| Vargas | La Güaira | 298,109 | 1,496 km² | Capital | Venezuela-vargas.jpg
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| Escudo yaracuy.gif | Yaracuy | San Felipe | 499,049 | 7,100 km² | Central - Occidental | Venezuela-yaracuy.jpg
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| Zulia | Maracaibo | 2,983,679 | 63,100 km² | Zulian | Venezuela-zulia.jpg
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Special status areas
Municipal organization
Venezuelan states are subdivided into "municipalities" (Spanish municipios), which may correspond to either or both of county and city in English-speaking countries. Municipios are the fundamental unit of local government in Venezuela.
External links
Lists of subnational entities | Subdivisions of Venezuela | States of Venezuela
Organización territorial de Venezuela | Teritoria organizado de Venezuelo | États du Venezuela | Subdivisións da Venezuela | Staten van Venezuela | Subdivisões da Venezuela
"States of Venezuela"
