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Encyclopedia > Lara State
Estado Lara
Flag of Lara State Coat of Arms of Lara State
State flag State Coat of Arms
Lara State Anthem
Location of Lara State
Location within Venezuela
Created
(given current status)		 1901
State capital Barquisimeto
Area 19,800 km²
Population (2005 est.)
- 1,751,625 hab.
Emblematic tree The Semeruco
(Malpighia glabra)
ISO 3166-2 VE-K
Governor Luis Reyes
2004 - 2007
Website: Gobernación del Estado Lara (Spanish)

Estado Lara is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. Image File history File links Lara_flag. ... Image File history File links Lara_coa. ... The anthem for Lara State, Venezuela, has lyrics written by Juan Bautista Oviedo; the music was composed by Pedro Istúriz. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2160x1664, 167 KB) Venezuela - mapa político estado Lara Im the creator (user User:Jdiazch). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The aragüaney is the Venezuelan national tree. ... Binomial name Malpighia glabra L. Acerola (Malpighia glabra), also known as Barbados Cherry or Wild Crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America. ... ISO 3166-2 for Venezuela (ISO 3166-1 : VE) The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Venezuela Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist on a large number of Venezuelan islands. ...


The state capital is Barquisimeto. Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo. ...


Lara State covers a total surface area of 19,800 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of 1,556,415. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


Municipalities and municipal seats

  1. Andrés Eloy Blanco (Sanare)
  2. Crespo (Duaca)
  3. Iribarren (Barquisimeto)
  4. Jiménez (Quíbor)
  5. Morán (El Tocuyo)
  6. Palavecino (Cabudare)
  7. Simón Planas (Sarare)
  8. Torres (Carora)
  9. Urdaneta (Siquisique)

See also: States of Venezuela To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo. ... Carora is a town in Lara State, Venezuela, on the Carora, a branch of the Tocuyo River. ... Map of Venezuela Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist on a large number of Venezuelan islands. ...


External links

  • Tourism Board Lara State
  • Informations about Lara State
  • Informations about Lara State


Subdivision of Venezuela Political Divisions of Venezuela
States
Amazonas | Anzoátegui | Apure | Aragua | Barinas | Bolívar | Carabobo | Cojedes | Delta Amacuro | Falcón | Guárico | Lara | Mérida | Miranda | Monagas | Nueva Esparta | Portuguesa | Sucre | Táchira | Trujillo | Vargas | Yaracuy | Zulia
Capital District: Caracas
Federal Dependencies
Los Monjes Archipelago | Las Aves Archipelago | Isla Aves | Los Hermanos Island | Los Frailes Island | Los Roques Archipelago | La Sola Island | La Tortuga Island | La Orchila Island | La Blanquilla Island | Los Testigos Island | Isla de Patos

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Barquisimeto (218 words)
The Diocese of Barquisimeto was erected in 1847, comprising the three States of Lara, Carabobo, and Falcon.
By a decree of the Congregation of the Consistory, 12 February, 1907, the episcopal residence was transferred to Valencia (38,654), in the State of Carabobo, and the boundaries of the diocese rearranged.
It is now bounded on the north and west by the Caribbean Sea, on the south by the diocese of Merida (or the State of Trujillo) on the east by the State of Calabozo and the two dioceses of Zamora, and Guiana.
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