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Also known as estado Amazonas, estado indígena de Amazonas, Amazonas State

Venezuelan state

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Estado Indígena de Amazonas
Country
Venezuela
Located in
Venezuela
Population
136506
Area
177617
Shares border with
Vichada Department
Official website
www.amazonas.gob.ve
Image
Plaza Bolívar y catedral María Auxiliadora de Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela).jpg
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office held by head of government
governor
Commons category
Amazonas (Venezuela)
inception
1994-00-00
language used
Mapoyo
different from
Amazonas
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Encyclopedic overview

Amazonas State (Spanish: Estado Amazonas, IPA: [esˈtaðo amaˈsonas]) is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. It covers nearly a fifth of the area of Venezuela, but has less than 1% of Venezuela's population.

The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. The capital until the early 1900s was San Fernando de Atabapo. Although named after the Amazon River, most of the state is drained by the Orinoco River. Amazonas State covers 176,899 km and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200. Its density is 0.8 inhabitants per km.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amazonas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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