Falcón

VenezuelanState New
name = Falcón

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image_coa = ESCUDO DEL ESTADO FALCON.jpg
state_motto = Dios y Federación
( _es. God and Federation)

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date_creation = 1864 ¹
capital = Coro
area = 24,800
area_percentage = 2,71
area_percentage_rank = 10th
population = 901,500
year_estimate = 2007
population_percentage = 3,45
population_percentage_rank = 11th
emblematic_tree = Cují yaque
binomial_name = Prosopis juliflora
ISO_code = VE-I
governor = Jesús Montilla
mandate_start = 2004
mandate_end = 2008
website = http://www.gobiernodefalcon.com.ve
website_name = Gobierno del Estado Falcón
footnotes = ¹ As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State.

Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states "(estados)" into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Coro.

Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 901,500.

The State is named after President Juan Crisostomo Falcon.

The Paraguaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Médanos. The Peninsula contains oil refineries, especially in the city of Punto Fijo. The oil is then shipped internationally through the port of Amuay.

There are four national parks in the state. The Medanos (mentioned above), the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, and the Sierra de San Luis (sometimes called parque nacional Juan Crisóstomo Falcón).

The island of Aruba is 27 km off the northern coast of Paraguaná Peninsula. The other two ABC islands (Bonaire and Curaçao) are a little further off the coast of the state.

Municipalities and municipal seats

# Acosta (San Juan de los Cayos)
# Bolívar (San Luis)
# Buchivacoa (Capatárida)
# Cacique Manaure (Yaracal)
# Carirubana (Punto Fijo)
# Colina (La Vela de Coro)
# Dabajuro (Dabajuro)
# Democracia (Pedregal)
# Falcón (Pueblo Nuevo)
# Federación (Churuguara)
# Jacura (Jacura)
# Los Taques (Santa Cruz de Los Taques)
# Mauroa (Mene de Mauroa)
# Miranda (Santa Ana de Coro)
# Monseñor Iturriza (Chichiriviche)
# Palmasola (Palmasola)
# Petit (Cabure)
# Píritu (Píritu)
# San Francisco (Mirimire)
# Silva (Tucacas)
# Sucre (La Cruz de Taratara)
# Tocópero (Tocópero)
# Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
# Urumaco (Urumaco)
# Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)

See also

* States of Venezuela