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Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
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| Estado Amazonas | |||||
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| Amazonas State Anthem | |||||
| Motto: Honor y Lealtad (Spanish: Honor and Loyalty) |
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 Location within Venezuela |
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| Created (given current status) |
1994 ¹ | ||||
| State capital | Puerto Ayacucho | ||||
| Area •% |
180,145 km² 19,38 (Ranked 2nd) |
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| Population •% |
142,200 hab. (2007 est.) 0,3 (Ranked 24th) |
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| Emblematic tree | The Caucho (Hevea benthamiana) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | VE-Z |
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| Governor | Liborio Guarulla 2005 - 2009 |
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| Website: Gobernación del Estado Amazonas | |||||
| ¹ Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory. | |||||
Estado Amazonas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. The capital until the early 1900s was San Fernando de Atabapo.
Although named after the Amazon River, most of the state is drained by the Orinoco.
Amazonas State covers a total surface area of 180,145 km² and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200.
- Alto Orinoco (La Esmeralda)
- Atabapo (San Fernando de Atabapo)
- Atures (Puerto Ayacucho)
- Autana (Isla Ratón)
- Manapiare (San Juan de Manapiare)
- Maroa (Maroa)
- Río Negro (San Carlos de Río Negro)
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| States | Amazonas · Anzoátegui · Apure · Aragua · Barinas · Bolívar · Carabobo · Cojedes · Delta Amacuro · Falcón · Guárico · Lara · Mérida · Miranda · Monagas · Nueva Esparta · Portuguesa · Sucre · Táchira · Trujillo · Vargas · Yaracuy · Zulia |  |
| Federal dependencies | Los Monjes Archipelago · Las Aves Archipelago · Isla Aves · Los Hermanos Island · Islas Los Frailes · Los Roques Archipelago · La Sola Island · La Tortuga Island · La Orchila · La Blanquilla Island · Los Testigos Island · Isla de Patos | |
| Capital District | Caracas | |
gobernor's page http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/