Delta Amacuro
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| Estado Delta Amacuro | |||||
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| Delta Amacuro State Anthem | |||||
| Motto: La Paz en la Federación (Spanish: La Paz en la Federación) |
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 Location within Venezuela |
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| Created (given current status) |
1991 ¹ | ||||
| State capital | Tucupita | ||||
| Area •% |
40,200 km² 4,39 (Ranked 7th) |
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| Population •% |
149,427 hab. (2005 est.) 0.42 (Ranked 23rd) |
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| Emblematic tree | The Mangle rojo (Rhizophora mangle) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | VE-Y |
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| Governor | Yelitza Santaella 2004 - 2008 |
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| 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 2005, had an estimated population of 149,427.
Child malnutrition has reached a level of 30 percent of the population undera 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
- Antonio Díaz (Curiapo)
- Casacoima (Sierra Imataca)
- Pedernales (Pedernales)
- Tucupita (Tucupita)
See also: States of Venezuela
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