Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
Amazonas | |
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Tepuy Autana (Kuaymayojo), Amazonas State | |
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| Anthem: Himno del Estado Amazonas | |
Location within Venezuela | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Created | 1994[c] |
| Capital | Puerto Ayacucho |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Council |
| • Governor | Miguel Rodríguez (2017–present) |
| • Assembly delegation | 3 |
| Area | |
• Total | 183,500 km2 (70,800 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| 19.38% of Venezuela | |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
• Total | 146,480 |
| • Rank | 24th |
| 0.3% of Venezuela | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| ISO 3166 code | VE-Z |
| Emblematic tree | Caucho (Hevea benthamiana) |
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| Website | web |
| ^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory. | |
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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 km2 and, in 2007, had a population of 142,200. Its density is 0.8 inhabitants per km2.
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.: 52