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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.
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]
The Amazonas Federal Territory is the name by which the current Amazonas State of Venezuela was known until 1992. [2] History
Duida–Marahuaca National Park is a protected area in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an area of 210,000 ha, [1] and includes the Duida–Marahuaca Massif. Cerro Duida. The national park was established in 1978. It has been included within the Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve, [1] which was designated in 1993.
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 .
In hard-hit Amazonas state, at least 62 municipalities are under states of emergency with more than half a million people affected, according to the state's civil defense corps.
Cerro Marahuaca, also spelled Marahuaka (Ye'kuana: Madawaka [2]), is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela.It has an elevation of 2,832 metres (9,291 ft) above sea level [1] [3] and is the second-highest mountain of the entire Guayana Shield (after the Cerro de la Neblina complex). [4]