Regions of Venezuela

Two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies

The Regions of Venezuela (Spanish: Regiones de Venezuela) are two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies. Venezuela's natural regions (Regiones naturales) are divided by natural geography, and administrative regions (Regiones político-administrativas) are delineated for the purpose of regional administration.

## Administrative regions

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Administrative regions (Regiones político-administrativas) are grouped from Venezuela's neighboring states, federal dependencies, and the capital district for the purpose of local administration in the process of regional development. The Political-Administrative regions were created from a decree on 11 June 1969 and have been modified since their creation, and there are currently nine regions.

Administrative regions of Venezuela:

Andean Region

Capital Region

Central Region

Central-Western Region

Eastern Region

Guayana Region

Insular Region

Llanos Region

Zulian Region

Administrative Region  | Population¹  | Area²  | States

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Andean Region | 3,911,278  | 56,700 km2 | Barinas, Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo and the Páez Municipality of Apure
Capital Region | 4,687,002  | 9,879 km2 | Miranda, Vargas, Capital District (Caracas)
Central Region | 3,851,290  | 26,464 km2 | Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes
Central-Western Region | 3,703,675  | 66,900 km2 | Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, Yaracuy
Eastern Region | 3,165,217  | 84,030 km2 | Anzoátegui, Monagas, Sucre
Guayana Region | 1,776,545  | 458,344 km2 | Bolívar, Amazonas, Delta Amacuro
Insular Region | 439,900  | 1,492 km2 | Nueva Esparta, Federal Dependencies
Llanos Region | 1,181,650  | 141,486 km2 | Apure (excluding the Páez Municipality), Guárico
Zulian Region | 3,520,376  | 63,100 km2 | Zulia

Notes:

1. Population figures are 2005 estimates
2. The area of the Páez municipality has, for the time being, been incorrectly counted here as belonging to the Llanos Region, rather than the Andean Region.

## Natural regions

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Main article: Natural regions of Venezuela

Natural Regions of Venezuela

Natural regions (Regiones naturales) are grouped based on a natural region, regardless of population or development, and formed from geo-physical criteria such as geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, and others.[1] Venezuela is considered one of 18 Megadiverse countries by Conservation International, and the Natural regions do not always correspond exactly to the borders of the states.

Venezuela is divided into eight Natural regions:[2]

* Andean Natural Region
* Caribbean Mountain-System Natural Region
* Guayana Natural Region
* Insular Natural Region
* Lara-Falcón Hill-System Natural Region
* Los Llanos Natural Region
* Lake Maracaibo Lowlands Natural Region
* Orinoco Delta Natural Region

## References

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1. ^ Imagen de Venezuela: una visión Em morning spacial (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 1992. ISBN 980-259-475-X.
2. ^ Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. p. 45\. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.

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Administrative divisions of Venezuela

Capital District|

* Caracas

States|

* Amazonas
* Anzoátegui
* Apure
* Aragua
* Barinas
* Bolívar
* Carabobo
* Cojedes
* Delta Amacuro
* Falcón
* Guárico
* La Guaira
* Lara
* Mérida
* Miranda
* Monagas
* Nueva Esparta
* Portuguesa
* Sucre
* Táchira
* Trujillo
* Yaracuy
* Zulia

Federal Dependencies|

* Los Monjes Archipelago
* Las Aves Archipelago
* Aves Island
* Los Hermanos Archipelago
* Los Frailes Archipelago
* Los Roques Archipelago
* La Sola Island
* La Tortuga Island
* La Orchila Island
* La Blanquilla Island
* Los Testigos Islands
* Patos Island
* Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory [es]

Regions|

* Andean
* Capital
* Central
* Central-Western
* Eastern
* Guayana
* Insular
* Llanos
* Zulian

Disputed state|

* Guayana Esequiba1

Related topics|

* Federal Territories
* Amazonas Federal Territory (1864–1992)
* Delta Amacuro Federal Territory (1884–1991)

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Natural regions of Venezuela

* Andean
* Lake Maracaibo Lowlands
* Lara-Falcón Highlands
* Coastal Mountain Range
* Los Llanos
* Orinoco Delta
* Guayana
* Insular

* Protected areas

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Venezuela articles

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| Parties|

| Great Patriotic Pole|

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