Administrative divisions of Venezuela

Map of Venezuela

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 in provinces, rather than states. The winners were supposed to grant more autonomy to the states, but this was not the case.

After 1863 there were many mergers and splits, and territorial division remained unchanged between the early 1900s and the late 1990s, with the incorporation of states Delta Amacuro, Amazonas and Vargas (in this order).

States

Flag	Coat of Arms	State	Capital city	Population	Area	Region	Location
File:Amazonas flag.gif	File:Amazonas coa.gif	Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho	70,464	180,144 km²	Guayana
File:Anzoátegui flag.gif	File:Anzoátegui coa.gif	Anzoátegui	Barcelona	1,222,225	43,300 km²	Nor - Oriental
File:Apure flag.gif	File:Apure coa.gif	Apure	San Fernando de Apure	377,756	76,500 km²	Llanos
File:Aragua flag.gif	File:Aragua coa.gif	Aragua	Maracay	1,449,616	7,014 km²	Central
File:Barinas flag.gif	File:Barinas coa.gif	Barinas	Barinas	624,508	35,200 km²	Andean
File:Bolívar flag.gif	File:Bolívar coa.gif	Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	1,214,846	238,000 km²	Guayana
File:Carabobo flag.gif	File:Carabobo coa.gif	Carabobo	Valencia	1,932,168	4,650 km²	Central
File:Cojedes flag.gif	File:Cojedes coa.jpg	Cojedes	San Carlos	253,105	14,800 km²	Central
File:Delta Amacuro flag.gif	File:Delta Amacuro coa.gif	Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	97,987	40,200 km²	Guayana
File:Falcón flag.gif	File:Falcón coa.gif	Falcón	Coro	763,180	24,800 km²	Central - Occidental
File:Guárico flag.gif	File:Guárico coa.gif	Guárico	San Juan De Los Morros	627,086	64,986 km²	Llanos
File:Lara flag.jpg	File:Lara coa.gif	Lara	Barquisimeto	1,556,415	19,800 km²	Central - Occidental
File:Mérida flag.gif	File:Mérida coa.gif	Mérida	Mérida	715,268	11,300 km²	Andean
File:Miranda flag.gif	File:Miranda coa.gif	Miranda	Los Teques	2,330,872	7,950 km²	Capital
File:Monagas flag.gif	File:Monagas coa.gif	Monagas	Maturín	712,626	28,930 km²	Nor - Oriental
File:Nueva Esparta flag.gif	File:Nueva Esparta coa.gif	Nueva Esparta	La Asunción	712,626	28,930 km²	Insular
File:Portuguesa flag.gif	File:Portuguesa coa.gif	Portuguesa	Guanare	725,740	15,200 km²	Central - Occidental
File:Sucre flag.gif	File:Sucre coa.gif	Sucre	Cumaná	786,483	11,800 km²	Nor - Oriental
File:Táchira flag.gif	File:Táchira coa.gif	Táchira	San Cristóbal	992,669	11,100 km²	South - Occidental
File:Trujillo flag.gif	File:Trujillo coa.gif	Trujillo	Trujillo	608,563	7,400 km²	Andean
		Yaracuy	San Felipe	499,049	7,100 km²	Central - Occidental
File:Vargas flag.gif	File:Vargas coa.gif	Vargas	La Güaira	298,109	1,496 km²	Capital
File:Zulia flag.gif	File:Zulia coa.jpg	Zulia	Maracaibo	2,983,679	63,100 km²	Zulian

Special status areas

• Federal Dependencies
• Capital District

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.