Falcón
Falcón | |
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| Motto(s): Dios y Federación (Spaingie: God an Federation) | |
 Location athin Venezuela | |
| Kintra | Venezuela |
| Created | 1864[c] |
| Caipital | Coro |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Víctor Clark (PSUV) (2017–2029) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24800 km2 (9,600 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 10t |
| 2.71% of Venezuela | |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 950,057 |
| • Rank | 11t |
| 3.45% o Venezuela | |
| Time zone | UTC-04:00 |
| ISO 3166 code | VE-I |
| Emblematic tree | Cují yaque (Prosopis juliflora) |
| Website | www |
| ^[c] As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State. | |
Falcón State (Spaingie: Estado Falcón, IPA: [esˈtaðo falˈkon]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit. The state caipital is Coro.
Demographics an geografie
[eedit | edit soorce]Falcón State kivers a tot 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
[eedit | edit soorce]Thare 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
[eedit | edit soorce]The aurie wis first splorit in 1499 bi Juan de la Cosa an Amerigo Vespucci, as pairt o an expedeetion owerseen bi Alonso de Ojeda.[2] The State is namit efter Preses Juan Crisóstomo Falcón.
Infrastructur
[eedit | edit soorce]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 succar 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 tot ile production occurs in this aurie, hintle o which is exportit via tanker ships[2] that ship internaitionally throu the port o Amuay.
Municipalities an municipal seats
[eedit | edit soorce]- 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
[eedit | edit soorce]References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Falcón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed May 2010.
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