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States, Federal Dependencies and Capital District Estados, Dependencias Federales y Distrito Capital (Spanish) | |
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Category | Federated state |
Location | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
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Populations | 146,480 (Amazonas) – 3,704,404 (Zulia) |
Areas | 1,100 km2 (440 sq mi) (Nueva Esparta) – 240,000 km2 (92,000 sq mi) (Bolívar) |
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states (Spanish: estados), a Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Spanish: Dependencias Federales), which consist of many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.[1] Venezuela claims the disputed Essequibo territory as one of its states, which it calls Guayana Esequiba, but the territory is controlled by Guyana as part of six of its regions.
The states and territories of Venezuela are usually organized into regions (Spanish: regiones), although these regions are mostly geographical entities rather than administrative entities.