Bolívar (state)

This article is about the Venezuelan state. For the historic state in what is now Colombia, see Bolívar State, Colombia. For other uses, see Bolívar (disambiguation).

Salto Ángel, is the highest waterfalls in the world.

Ciudad Bolívar is its capital; famous for its colonial architecture.

Canaima, located in southeastern Bolívar State.

Bolívar (Spanish: Estado Bolívar, IPA: [esˈtaðo βoˈliβar]), is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of 240,500 km² and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,410,964.

History

The territory covered by present-day Bolívar was previously part of the Guayana Province, a Province of the Spanish Empire (from 1585) and later of Venezuela (until 1864, when the Provinces of Venezuela were replaced by the States of Venezuela, following the Federal War).

Places of interest

• Historical Zone of Ciudad Bolívar
• Canaima National Park
• La Gran Sabana (Spanish: Great Plains)
• Angel Falls
• Roraima
• Sarisariñama
• Kavanayén
• Santa Elena de Uairen
• Cerro Bolivar, a large iron mine
• Caroni River

Municipalities

Bolívar State is sub-divided into eleven municipalities (municipios), given below with their administrative centres, areas and populations:

	M unicipality	Administrative centre	Area (km2)	Population (Census 2011)	Population Estimate 30 June 2016
1.	Angostura	Ciudad Piar	56,916	40,927	52,205
2.	Caroní	Ciudad Guayana	1,612	704,585	892,269
3.	Cedeño	Caicara del Orinoco	46,020	67,000	101,800
4.	El Callao	El Callao	2,223	21,769	25,338
5.	Gran Sabana	(Santa Elena de Uairén)	32,990	28,450	37,930
6.	Heres	Ciudad Bolívar	5,851	342,280	414,154
7.	Padre Pedro Chien	El Palmar	2,275	15,488	18,376
8.	Piar	Upata	15,900	98,274	124,476
9.	Roscio	Guasipati	6,182	21,750	27,226
10.	Sifontes	Tumeremo	24,393	50,082	62,798
11.	Sucre	Maripa	46,166	20,359	24,327
	Total State	Ciudad Bolívar	240,528	1,410,964	1,780,899

Population

Race and ethnicity

According to the 2011 Census, the racial composition of the population was:

Racial composition	Population	%
Mestizo	—	55.1
White	646,059	39.2
Black	67,573	4.1
Other race	—	1.6

See also

• States of Venezuela