Sucre (state)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
Please expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish Wikipedia. (March 2009) After translating, {{Translated|es|Sucre (estado)}} must be added to the talk page to ensure copyright compliance.Translation instructions · Translate via Google |
| Estado Sucre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||
| Sucre State Anthem | |||||
| Motto: none | |||||
 Location within Venezuela |
|||||
| Created (given current status) |
1909 | ||||
| State capital | Cumaná | ||||
| Area •% |
11,800 km² 1.29 (Ranked 14th) |
||||
| Population •% |
916,600 hab. (2007 est.) 3.34 (Ranked 10th) |
||||
| Emblematic tree | The Roble (Oak) (Platymiscium diadelphum) |
||||
| ISO 3166-2 | VE-R |
||||
| Governor | Enrique Maestre 2008 - present |
||||
| Website: Gobernación del Estado Sucre | |||||
Estado Sucre is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Cumaná. Sucre State covers a total surface area of 11,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 916,600. Cumana is the political capital of this state and is famous for its beaches but is also important historically.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats
- Andrés Eloy Blanco (Casanay)
- Andrés Mata (San José de Aerocuar)
- Arismendi (Río Caribe)
- Benítez (El Pilar)
- Bermúdez (Carúpano)
- Bolívar (Marigüitar)
- Cajigal (Yaguaraparo)
- Cruz Salmerón Acosta (Araya)
- Libertador (Tunapuy)
- Mariño (Irapa)
- Mejía (San Antonio del Golfo)
- Montes (Cumanacoa)
- Ribero (Cariaco)
- Sucre (Cumaná)
- Valdez (Güiria)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sucre (state) |
|
||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small}
Coordinates: 10°38′44″N 63°02′20″W / 10.64556°N 63.03889°W
 |
This article about a location in Venezuela is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
