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Amazonas State covers 176,899 km 2 and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200. Its density is 0.8 inhabitants per km 2. Amazonas has Venezuela's highest proportion of indigenous peoples of Venezuela; these make up only around 1.5% of the population nationwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas. [6]: 52
This is a list of governors of the Venezuelan Amazonas State: Until 1989, they were appointed by the president of Venezuela. Starting from that year they are elected in universal, direct and secret elections.
Puerto Ayacucho (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto aʝaˈkutʃo]) is the capital and largest city of Amazonas State in Venezuela. Puerto Ayacucho is located across the Orinoco River from the Colombian village of Casuarito .
The Amazonas Federal Territory is the name by which the current Amazonas State of Venezuela was known until 1992. [2] History
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states (Spanish: estados), a Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Spanish: Dependencias Federales), which consist of many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. [1]
Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states. The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this was not implemented. Between 1863 and the early 1900s, there were numerous territorial changes, including the merger and splitting of states.
La Esmeralda (Ye'kuana: Medadanña [1] [2] or Kadawanadunña [3]) is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
Buildings and structures in Amazonas (Venezuelan state) (2 P) G. Geography of Amazonas (Venezuelan state) (1 C, 16 P) P. People from Amazonas (Venezuelan state) (1 C ...