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Encyclopedia > Vargas (state)
Estado Vargas
Flag of Vargas State Coat of Arms of Vargas State
State flag State Coat of Arms
Vargas State Anthem
State motto: Igualdad, Libertad, Propiedad y Seguridad.
(Spanish: Equality, Liberty, Property and Security)
Location of Vargas State
Location within Venezuela
Created
(given current status)		 1997
State capital La Güaira
Area
   •%
 1,496 km²
0,16   (Ranked )
Population
   •%
 329,447 hab. (2005 est.)
1,29   (Ranked )
Emblematic tree The none
([[]])
ISO 3166-2 VE-X
Governor Antonio Rodríguez San Juan
2004 - 2007
Website: Gobernación del Estado Vargas

Named after Venezuela's first non-military president and doctor José María Vargas, the Estado Vargas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. Located in the north of Venezuela it borders Estado Aragua to the west, estado Miranda to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Metropolitan District to the south. Image File history File links Vargas_flag. ... Image File history File links Vargas_coa. ... 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. ... Download high resolution version (2160x1664, 166 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... La Guaira is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Vargas. ... 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. ... José María Vargas was President of Venezuela 1835-1836. ... 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 La Güaira. La Guaira is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Vargas. ...


Vargas State covers a total surface area of 1,497 km².


Municipality and Parishes

  1. Vargas (La Guaira)

Vargas state has only one large municipality, Vargas. The municipality is divided to eleven parishes. La Guaira is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Vargas. ...

See also: States of Venezuela La Guaira is the capital of the Venezuelan state of Vargas. ... Macuto is a municipality of Vargas State, Venezuela. ... Maiquetía is a town in Vargas State, Venezuela, near Caracas. ... 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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Getúlio Vargas: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (2768 words)
Vargas would develop in response a sort of legal hybrid between the regimes of Mussolini's Italy and Salazar's Portuguese Estado Novo, copied repressive fascist tactics, and conveyed their same rejection of liberal capitalism, but attained power bearing few indications of his future quasi-fascist polices.
Vargas forced the Brazilian Congress to respond to the growth of the Aliança Nacional Libertadora (ANL), a leftist collation led by the Communist Party and Luís Carlos Prestes.
Vargas made a final effort, calling a ministry special meeting on the eve of August 24, but rumors had spread that the armed forces officers were inflexible.
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