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| Estado Falcón |
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| State flag |
State Coat of Arms |
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| Falcón State Anthem |
Motto: Dios y Federación
(Spanish: God and Federation)
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Location within Venezuela |
Created
(given current status) |
1864 ¹ |
| State capital |
Coro |
Area
•%
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24,800 km²
2,71 (Ranked 10th)
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Population
•%
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877,386 hab. (2005 est.)
3,45 (Ranked 11th)
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| Emblematic tree |
The Cují yaque
(Prosopis juliflora)
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| ISO 3166-2 |
VE-I |
| Governor |
Jesús Montilla
2004 - 2008 |
| Website: Gobierno del Estado Falcón |
| ¹ As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State. |
Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
The state capital is Coro.
Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 877,386.
The State is named after President Falcón.
The Paraguaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Médanos. The Peninsula contains oil refineries, especially in the city of Punto Fijo. The oil is then shipped internationally through the port of Amuay.
There are four national parks in the state. The Medanos (mentioned above), the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, and the Sierra de San Luis (sometimes called parque nacional Juan Crisóstomo Falcón),
The island of Aruba is 27 km off the northern coast of Paraguaná Peninsula. The other two ABC islands (Bonaire and Curaçao) are a little further off the coast of the state.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats
- 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)
- Tocopero (Tocopero)
- Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
- Urumaco (Urumaco)
- Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)
See also: States of Venezuela
| Political Divisions of Venezuela |
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| Capital District: |
Caracas |
| 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 |
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