Falcón

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	State o Venezuela
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	Motto(s): Dios y Federación; (Spaingie: God an Federation)
	Location athin Venezuela
Kintra	Venezuela
Created	1864
Caipital	Coro
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Stella Lugo (2008–2012)
Area
• Total	24800 km2 (9,600 sq mi)
Area rank	10t
	2.71% of Venezuela
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	950,057
• Rank	11t
	3.45% o Venezuela
Time zone	UTC-04:00
ISO 3166 code	VE-I
Emblematic tree	Cují yaque (Prosopis juliflora)
Website	www.falcon.gob.ve
	^[c] As Coro State; in 1874, it was renamed as Falcón State.

Falcón State (Spaingie: Estado Falcón, IPA: [esˈtaðo falˈkon]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit. The state caipital is Coro.

Demographics an geografie

Falcón State kivers a tot surface aurie o 24,800 km² an, in 2010, haed an estimatit population o 950,057.^[1] The Paraguaná Peninsulae is connectit tae the rest o the state bi the Médanos Isthmus. The island o Aruba is 27 km aff the northren coast o Paraguaná Peninsulae. The ither twa ABC islands (Bonaire an Curaçao) are a little further aff the coast o the state.

Naitional pairks

Thare are fower naitional pairks in the state: the Médanos de Coro Naitional Pairk, the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, an Juan Crisóstomo Falcón Naitional Pairk.

History

The aurie wis first splorit in 1499 bi Juan de la Cosa an Amerigo Vespucci, as pairt o an expedeetion owerseen bi Alonso de Ojeda.^[2] The State is namit efter Preses Juan Crisóstomo Falcón.

Infrastructur

The region is maistly coastal lawlands an the northren Andean muntain hills, an is maistly dry wi limitit agricultur production.^[2] Fermin maistly occurs in river valleys an muntainous auries, an includes maize, coconut, sesame, coffee an succar cane.^[2]

Coro, the state caipital an the Paraguaná Peninsula hae haed significant amoonts o industrialization an growth.^[2] Lairge ile refineries such as the Paraguana Refinery Complex in the ceety o Punto Fijo are locatit on the soothwastren shore o the Paraguaná Peninsulae, an approximately twa-thirds o Venezuela’s tot ile production occurs in this aurie, hintle o which is exportit via tanker ships^[2] that ship internaitionally throu the port o Amuay.

Municipalities an municipal seats

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Falcón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed May 2010.

Freemit airtins

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[britannica-2] "Falcón". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed May 2010.

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v t e Admeenistrative diveesions o Venezuela
Caipital Destrict	Caracas
States	Amazonas Anzoátegui Apure Aragua Barinas Bolívar Carabobo Cojedes Delta Amacuro Falcón Guárico Lara Mérida Miranda Monagas Nueva Esparta Portuguesa Sucre Táchira Trujillo Vargas Yaracuy Zulia
Dependencies	Los Monjes airchipelago Las Aves airchipelago Isla Aves Los Hermanos Airchipelago Islas Los Frailes Los Roques airchipelago La Sola Island La Tortuga Island La Orchila Blanquilla Island Los Testigos Islands Isla de Patos
Regions	Andean Caipital Central Central-Wastren Guayana Insular Llanos North-Eastren Sooth-Wastren Zulian
Claimit	Guayana Esequiba