Falcón
| Falcón State Estado Falcón |
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| Motto: Dios y Federación (Spainyie: God an Federation) |
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| Anthem: Falcón State Anthem | |||||
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| Kintra |  Venezuela |
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| Created | 1864[c] | ||||
| Caipital | Coro | ||||
| Govrenment | |||||
| - Govrenor | Stella Lugo (2008–2012) | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| - Tot | 24,800 km2 (9,575.3 sq mi) | ||||
| Aurie rank | 10t | ||||
| 2.71% o Venezuela | |||||
| Indwallers (2010 est.) | |||||
| - Tot | 950,057 | ||||
| - Rank | 11t | ||||
| 3.45% o Venezuela | |||||
| Time zone | UTC-04:30 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | VE-I | ||||
| Emblematic tree | Cují yaque (Prosopis juliflora) | ||||
| Wabsteid | falcon.gob.ve | ||||
| ^[c] As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State. | |||||
Falcón State (Spainyie: Estado Falcón, IPA: [esˈtaðo falˈkon]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit. The state caipital is Coro.
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Demographics an geography [edit]
Falcón State covers a total surface aurie o 24,800 km² an, in 2010, haed an estimatit population o 950,057.[1] The Paraguaná Peninsulae is connectit tae the rest o the state bi the Médanos Isthmus. The island o Aruba is 27 km aff the northren coast o Paraguaná Peninsulae. The ither twa ABC islands (Bonaire an Curaçao) are a little further aff the coast o the state.
Naitional pairks [edit]
There are fower naitional pairks in the state: the Médanos de Coro Naitional Pairk, the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, an Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Naitional Pairk.
History [edit]
The aurie wis first splorit in 1499 bi Juan de la Cosa an Amerigo Vespucci, as pairt o an expedition owerseen bi Alonso de Ojeda.[2] The State is namit efter Preses Juan Crisóstomo Falcón.
Infrastructur [edit]
The region is maistly coastal lawlands an the northren Andean muntain hills, an is maistly dry wi limitit agricultur production.[2] Fermin maistly occurs in river valleys an muntainous auries, an includes maize, coconut, sesame, coffee an sugar cane.[2]
Coro, the state caipital an the Paraguaná Peninsula hae haed significant amoonts o industrialization an growth.[2] Lairge ile refineries such as the Paraguana Refinery Complex in the ceety o Punto Fijo are locatit on the soothwastren shore o the Paraguaná Peninsulae, an approximately twa-thirds o Venezuela’s total ile production occurs in this aurie, hintle o which is exportit via tanker ships[2] that ship internaitionally through the port o Amuay.
Municipalities an municipal seats [edit]
- Acosta (San Juan de los Cayos)
- Bolívar (San Luis)
- Buchivacoa (Capatárida)
- Cacique Manaure (Yaracal)
- Carirubana (Punto Fijo)
- Colina (La Vela de Coro)
- Dabajuro (Dabajuro)
- Democracia (Pedregal)
- Falcón (Pueblo Nuevo)
- Federación (Churuguara)
- Jacura (Jacura)
- Los Taques (Santa Cruz de Los Taques)
- Mauroa (Mene de Mauroa)
- Miranda (Santa Ana de Coro)
- Monseñor Iturriza (Chichiriviche)
- Palmasola (Palmasola)
- Petit (Cabure)
- Píritu (Píritu)
- San Francisco (Mirimire)
- Silva (Tucacas)
- Sucre (La Cruz de Taratara)
- Tocópero (Tocópero)
- Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
- Urumaco (Urumaco)
- Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)
See also [edit]
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