Portuguesa (state)

Portuguesa State
Estado Portuguesa
Motto(s): 
Honor y Gloria
(English: Honor and Glory)
Anthem: Himno del Estado Portuguesa
Location within Venezuela
Location within Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°07′N 69°17′W / 9.11°N 69.28°W / 9.11; -69.28
CountryVenezuela
Created1909
CapitalGuanare
Government
 • BodyLegislative Council
 • GovernorRafael Calles (2017)
 • Assembly delegation6
Area
 • Total15,200 km2 (5,900 sq mi)
 • Rank12th
Population
 (2011)
 • Total876,496[citation needed]
 • Rank12th
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
ISO 3166 codeVE-P
Emblematic treeCaoba (Swietenia macrophylla)
HDI (2019)0.657[1]
medium · 22nd of 24
Websiteportuguesa.gob.ve

Portuguesa State (Spanish: Estado Portuguesa, IPA: [esˈtaðo poɾtuˈɣesa]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Located in the west of the Republic, it is often considered the "breadbasket of Venezuela" for the large amount of agricultural products produced there.[2] The state is bordered by the state of Lara to the north, to the east by Cojedes, to the west by Trujillo and to the south by Barinas.

As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 876,496.[3] The state capital is the city of Guanare.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Laya, Patricia (December 1, 2017). "Venezuela's Farmland Sits Barren During Hunger Crisis". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014)" (PDF). Ine.gov.ve. p. 29. Retrieved September 8, 2015.