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| Estado Bolívar | |||||
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| Bolívar State Anthem | |||||
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 Location within Venezuela |
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| Created (given current status) |
1901 | ||||
| State capital | Ciudad Bolívar | ||||
| Area •% |
238,000 km² 26,24 (Ranked 1st) |
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| Population •% |
1,534,800 hab. (2007 est.) 5,87 (Ranked 7th) |
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| Emblematic tree | The Sarrapia (Diphysa punctata) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | VE-F |
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| Governor | Francisco Rangel 2004 - present |
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| Website: Gobernación del Estado Bolívar | |||||
Bolivar State (Spanish: Estado Bolívar), is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar. Bolivar State covers a total surface area of 238,000 km² and in 2007 had an estimated population of 1,534,800.
Places of interest
- Historical Zone of Ciudad Bolívar
- Canaima National Park
- Angel Falls
- Roraima
- La Gran Sabana (Spanish: Great Plains)
- Sarisariñama
- Kavanayen
- Santa Elena de Uairen
- Cerro Bolivar, a large iron mine.
Municipalities
- Caroní (Ciudad Guayana)
- Cedeño (Caicara del Orinoco)
- El Callao (El Callao)
- Gran Sabana (Santa Elena de Uairén)
- Heres (Ciudad Bolívar)
- Padre Pedro Chien (El Palmar)
- Piar (Upata)
- Raúl Leoni (Ciudad Piar)
- Roscio (Guasipati)
- Sifontes (Tumeremo)
- Sucre (Maripa)
See also
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