Delta Amacuro

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Estado Delta Amacuro
Flag of Delta Amacuro State Coat of Arms of Delta Amacuro State
State flag State Coat of Arms
Delta Amacuro State Anthem
Motto: La Paz en la Federación
(Spanish: La Paz en la Federación)
Location of Delta Amacuro State
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 Yelitza Santaella
2004 - 2008
Website: [unavailable ]
¹ Prior to this date, Delta Amacuro had Federal Territory status.

Estado Delta Amacuro is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. 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.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats

  1. Antonio Díaz (Curiapo)
  2. Casacoima (Sierra Imataca)
  3. Pedernales (Pedernales)
  4. Tucupita (Tucupita)

[edit] See also