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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.
An enlargeable relief map of Venezuela. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Venezuela: Venezuela – sovereign country located in northern South America. [1] It comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea.
Topographic map of Venezuela Pictorial map of Venezuela. Venezuela is located in the north of South America; geologically, its mainland rests on the South American Plate. It has a total area of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi) and a land area of 882,050 km 2 (340,560 sq mi), making Venezuela the 33rd largest country in the world.
The Provinces of Venezuela were administrative divisions used from Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia in 1830 to 1864, when the States of Venezuela were created. There were initially 11 provinces, with 4 created later, until in 1856 the Law of Territorial Division divided Venezuela into 21 provinces.
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Topographic map of Venezuela Political map of Venezuela Economic activity map of Venezuela, 1972 Vegetation map of Venezuela, 1972 Petroleum map of Venezuela, 1972. Venezuela is a country in South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.
List of autonomous areas by country; List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population; List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal ...
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]