Delta Amacuro

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Estado Delta Amacuro


State flag	State Coat of Arms

Delta Amacuro State Anthem

Motto: La Paz en la Federación
(English: The Peace in the Federation)

Location within Venezuela

Created
(given current status) 1991 ¹

State capital Tucupita

Area
•% 40,200 km²
4,39 (Ranked 7th)

Population
•% 152,700 hab. (2007 est.)
0.42 (Ranked 23rd)

Emblematic tree The Mangle rojo
(Rhizophora mangle)

ISO 3166-2 VE-Y

Governor Lizeta Hernández
2008 - 2012

Website: [unavailable ]

¹ Prior to this date, Delta Amacuro had Federal Territory status, granted in 1884.

Estado Delta Amacuro is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided, and is the location of the Orinoco River delta. The Gulf of Paria and the Atlantic Ocean are found to the north, Estado Bolívar is found to the south, the Atlantic Ocean and Guyana are found to the east, and Estado Monagas is found to the west. The state capital city is Tucupita.

Delta Amacuro State covers a total surface area of 40,200 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 152,700.

Child malnutrition has reached a level of 30 percent of the population under age five, according to United Nations statistics; this is the fraction of the child population classified as stunted or wasted.

The Orinoco River delta

[edit] Economy

The main economic activities are fishing, ranching and petroleum drilling and refinement. Mineral resources include petroleum and peat. Agricultural resources include corn, rice, cattle, pigs, birds, yucca, pineapple, and pine nuts.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats

[edit] Subdivisiones

El Estado Delta Amacuro se subdivide en cuatro municipios y 22 Parroquias:

Municipality	Capital	Surphace	Population
Antonio Díaz	Curiapo	22.746,49 km²	19.308 hab. (2001)
Casacoima	Sierra Imataca	2.920,69 km²	29.200 hab. (2001)
Pedernales	Pedernales	3.537 km²	6.990 hab. (2001)
Tucupita	Tucupita	10.996 km²	72.856 hab. (2001)