Barinas (state)

VenezuelanState New
name = Barinas

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image_coa = Barinas.jpg
state_motto = Dios y Federación
( _es. God and Federation)

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date_creation = 1937
capital = Barinas
area = 35,200
area_percentage = 3,84
area_percentage_rank = 8th
population = 756,600
year_estimate = 2007
population_percentage = 2,87
population_percentage_rank = 15th
emblematic_tree = Cedro
binomial_name = Cedrela odorata
ISO_code = VE-E
governor = Hugo de los Reyes Chávez
mandate_start = 2004
mandate_end = 2008
website = http://www.barinas.net.ve
website_name = Portal del Estado Barinas
footnotes =

Estado Barinas is one of the 23 states "(estados)" into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Barinas. Current President Hugo Chávez was born in this state. His father is the governor.

Barinas State covers a total surface area of 35,200 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 756,600.

Municipalities and municipal seats

# Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (Sabaneta)
# Andrés Eloy Blanco (El Cantón)
# Antonio José de Sucre (Socopó)
# Arismendi (Arismendi)
# Barinas (Barinas)
# Bolívar (Barinitas)
# Cruz Paredes (Barrancas)
# Ezequiel Zamora (Santa Bárbara)
# Obispos (Obispos)
# Pedraza (Ciudad Bolivia)
# Rojas (Libertad)
# Sosa (Ciudad de Nutrias)

See also

* States of Venezuela