Miranda (state)
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Estado Miranda | |||||
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Miranda State Anthem | |||||
Motto: none | |||||
Location within Venezuela |
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Created (given current status) |
1909 | ||||
State capital | Los Teques | ||||
Area •% |
7,950 km² 0,87 (Ranked 17th) |
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Population •% |
2,789,073 hab. (2005 est.) 10,3 (Ranked 2nd) |
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Emblematic tree | The Roso blanco (Brownea leucantha) |
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ISO 3166-2 | VE-M |
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Governor | Diosdado Cabello 2004 - 2008 |
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Website: Gobernación del Estado Miranda | |||||
Estado Miranda is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
The state capital is Los Teques.
Miranda State covers a total surface area of 7 950 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of 2 330 872.
Actually, the Miranda state has changed its flag.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats
- Acevedo, Caucagua
- Andrés Bello, San José de Barlovento
- Baruta, Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baruta
- Brión, Higuerote
- Buroz, Mamporal
- Carrizal, Carrizal
- Chacao, Chacao
- Cristóbal Rojas, Charallave
- El Hatillo, El Hatillo
- Guaicaipuro, Los Teques
- Independencia, Santa Teresa del Tuy
- Lander, Ocumare del Tuy
- Los Salias, San Antonio de los Altos
- Páez, Río Chico
- Paz Castillo, Santa Lucía
- Pedro Gual, Cúpira
- Plaza, Guarenas
- Simón Bolívar, San Francisco de Yare
- Sucre, Petare
- Urdaneta, Cúa
- Zamora, Guatire
[edit] Other important towns
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[edit] See also
Political Divisions of Venezuela | ||||||||
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