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Encyclopedia > Portuguesa (state)
Estado Portuguesa
Flag of Portuguesa State Coat of Arms of Portuguesa State
State flag State Coat of Arms
Portuguesa State Anthem
State motto: Honor y Gloria
(Spanish: Honor and Glory)
Location of Portuguesa State
Location within Venezuela
Created
(given current status)
1909
State capital Guanare
Area
   •%
15,200 km²
1,65   (Ranked )
Population
   •%
848,259 hab. (2005 est.)
3,34   (Ranked )
Emblematic tree The Caoba
(Swietenia macrophylla)
ISO 3166-2 VE-P
Governor Antonia Muñoz
2004 - 2007
Website: Gobierno de Poruguesa

Estado Portuguesa is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. Image File history File links Portuguesa_flag. ... Image File history File links Portuguesa_coa. ... The anthem for the Portuguesa State, Venezuela, was composed by Fernando Eduardo Delgado; the musical part was done by Jesús Alvarado. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2160x1664, 166 KB) Venezuela - mapa político estado Portuguesa Im the creator (user User:Jdiazch). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Guanare is the capital city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. ... The following is a list of the States of Venezuela sorted by area. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of the States of Venezuela sorted by population. ... The aragüaney is the Venezuelan national tree. ... 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 Guanare. Guanare is the capital city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. ...


Portuguesa State covers a total surface area of 15,200 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of 725 740. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


Municipalities

  1. Agua Blanca (Agua Blanca)
  2. Araure (Araure)
  3. Esteller (Píritu)
  4. Guanare (Guanare)
  5. Guanarito (Guanarito)
  6. Monseñor José Vicente de Unda (Paraíso de Chabasquén)
  7. Ospino (Ospino)
  8. Páez (Acarigua)
  9. Papelón (Papelon)
  10. San Genaro de Boconoito (Boconoito)
  11. San Rafael de Onoto (San Rafael de Onoto)
  12. Santa Rosalía (El Playon)
  13. Sucre (Biscucuy)
  14. Turén (Villa Bruzual)


See also: States of Venezuela Guanare is the capital city of Portuguesa State, Venezuela. ... 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. ...



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 | La Blanquilla Island | Los Testigos Island | Isla de Patos

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Portuguesa State (Venezuela) (616 words)
Portuguesa State flag is a triband of blue, white and green (not an unusual combination for Venezuelan state flags, as it can be seen).
Portuguesa is a central western state of Venezuela and its capital is the City of Guanare, place where appears on 1651 the Celestial and Principal Matron of the Nation: Our Lady of Coromoto.
Their configuration is inspired by a geometric figure of aboriginal root for represent the historical continuity of the population of the State, also constituting symbol of the creative energy of its inhabitants like alive force that it guarantees the faith in the future.
5 X 5 :: Acarigua-Araure + New York | Artist (230 words)
Benjamin Arenas was born in 1967 in Araure, Portuguesa state, Venezuela.
He went to school from 1973 to 1978 leaving his studies unfinished.
In 1991 Arenas participates in the first Cultural jours of the Portuguesa State, experimenting in the craftmanship field.
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