Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
(Reguidit frae Amazonas, Venezuela)
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| Motto(s): Honor y Lealtad (Spaingie for Honor an Lyalty) | |
 Location athin Venezuela | |
| Kintra | Venezuela |
| Created | 1994[c] |
| Caipital | Puerto Ayacucho |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Liborio Guarulla (2005–2009) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 176899 km2 (68,301 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 2nt |
| 19.38% of Venezuela | |
| Population (2007 est.) | |
| • Total | 142,200 |
| • Rank | 24t |
| 0.3% o Venezuela | |
| Time zone | UTC-04:00 |
| ISO 3166 code | VE-Z |
| Emblematic tree | Caucho (Hevea benthamiana) |
| Website | www |
| ^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory. | |
Amazonas (Spaingie: Estado Amazonas, IPA: [esˈtaðo amaˈsonas]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit.
The state caipital is Puerto Ayacucho. The caipital till the early 1900s wis San Fernando de Atabapo. Although namit efter the Amazon River, maist o the state is drained bi the Orinoco. Amazonas State covers a total surface aurie o 176,899 km² an, in 2007, haed a population o 142,200. Its density is o 0.8 inhabitants per km².
Amazonas haes Venezuela's heichest proportion o indigenous fowks o Venezuela; these mak up anerlie aroond 1.5% o the population naitionwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas.[1]
Municipalities an Municipal Seats
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Municipality | Caipital | km² | Pop | Map |
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| Alto Orinoco Municipality | La Esmeralda | 49.217 km² | 14.222 hab. (2008) | 
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| Atabapo Municipality | San Fernando de Atabapo | 25.062 km² | 12.797 hab. (2007) | 
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| Atures Municipality | Puerto Ayacucho | 7.302 km² | 91.386 hab (2007) | 
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| Autana Municipality | Isla Ratón | 12.291 km² | 8.181 hab (2007) | 
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| Manapiare Municipality | San Juan de Manapiare | 32.042 km² | 9.658 hab (2007) | 
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| Maroa Municipality | Maroa | 13.082 km² | 8.181 hab (2005) | 
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| Río Negro Municipality | San Carlos de Río Negro | 37.903 km² | 9.658 hab (2007) | 
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Van Cott (2003), "Andean Indigenous Movements and Constitutional Transformation: Venezuela in Comparative Perspective", Latin American Perspectives 30(1), p52
Freemit airtins
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- Govrenor's page Archived 2005-11-19 at the Wayback Machine