Estado Zulia
State flag State Coat of Arms
Zulia State Anthem
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1864
State capital	Maracaibo
Area	63,100 km²
Population	(2001 est.) - 3,567,679 hab.
Emblematic tree	The Cocotero (Coconut)
ISO 3166-2	VE-V
Governor	Manuel Rosales 2004 - 2007
Website: Gobernación del Estado Zulia (Spanish)

Estado Zulia is one of Venezuela's 23 states (estados). The state capital is Maracaibo. The state covers a total surface area of 63,100 km² and, in 2001, had an estimated population of 2,983,679. It is located in the northwestern part of the country. Image File history File links Zulia_flag. ... Image File history File links Zulia_coa. ... The anthem of the Zulia State, Venezuela, has the lyrics written by Udón Pérez, and the music corresponds to José Antonio Chávez. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2160x1664, 167 KB) Venezuela - mapa político estado Zulia Im the creator (user User:Jdiazch). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... City motto: Muy noble y leal (English: Very noble and loyal City nickname: La Tierra del Sol Amada (Spanish: The Beloved Land of the Sun) Location of Maracaibo Municipalities Maracaibo Municipality Mayor Gian Carlo Di Martino (2004 – 2008) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 393 km² N/A km² N/A km² Population... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The aragüaney is the Venezuelan national tree. ... Binomial name Cocos nucifera L. The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). ... 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. ... City motto: Muy noble y leal (English: Very noble and loyal City nickname: La Tierra del Sol Amada (Spanish: The Beloved Land of the Sun) Location of Maracaibo Municipalities Maracaibo Municipality Mayor Gian Carlo Di Martino (2004 – 2008) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 393 km² N/A km² N/A km² Population... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Geography

Lake Maracaibo, the largest lake in South America, lies within Zulia. The Lake Maracaibo Basin covers one of the largest oil and gas reserves in this hemisphere, bringing enormous wealth to the country. A long and mostly uninhabited border separates Venezuela from Colombia to the north and west from the Guajira Peninsula to the mountains of Perija. Venezuela's Andean states of Tachira, Mérida and Trujillo border Zulia State at the Southern end of Lake Maracaibo and finally the states of Lara and Falcón complete the boundaries of Zulia. A map showing the location of Lake Maracaibo. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold or Texas Tea, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... Guajira is a style of Cuban acoustic music. ... The Andes between Chile and Argentina Computer generated image of the Andes, made from a digital elevation model with a resolution of 30 arcseconds The Andes is a vast mountain range forming a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. ... Estado Táchira is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Mérida State Anthem Location within Venezuela Created (given current status) 1864 State capital Mérida Area 11,300 km² Population (2001 est. ... Trujillo State Anthem Location whithin Venezuela Created (given current status) 1899 State capital Trujillo Area 7,400 km² Population (2001 est. ... Estado Lara is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ...

The name Venezuela also comes from the Lake Maracaibo area. Spanish Conquistadors sailing into this area found the indigenous peoples living in communities of huts supported by stilts along the shores of the Lake over 500 years ago and promptly named this new territory "Little Venice" or Venezuela. Conquistador (Spanish: kōn-kē-stŏ-dōr) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement...

Municipalities and municipal seats

1. Almirante Padilla (El Toro)
2. Baralt (San Timoteo)
3. Cabimas (Cabimas)
4. Catatumbo (Encontrados)
5. Colón (San Carlos del Zulia)
6. Francisco Javier Pulgar (Pueblo Nuevo / El Chivo)
7. Jesús Enrique Lossada (La Concepción)
8. Jesús María Semprún (Casigua el Cubo)
9. La Cañada de Urdaneta (Concepción)
10. Lagunillas (Ciudad Ojeda)
11. Machiques de Perijá (Machiques)
12. Mara (San Rafael del Moján)
13. Maracaibo (Maracaibo)
14. Miranda (Los Puertos de Altagracia)
15. Páez (Sinamaica)
16. Rosario de Perijá (La Villa del Rosario)
17. San Francisco (San Francisco)
18. Santa Rita (Santa Rita)
19. Simón Bolívar (Tía Juana)
20. Sucre (Bobures)
21. Valmore Rodríguez (Bachaquero)

Cabimas is a town in Zulia state in the north of Venezuela. ... Machiques is a city in Zulia, Venezuela, located in the northwest portion of the country. ... City motto: Muy noble y leal (English: Very noble and loyal City nickname: La Tierra del Sol Amada (Spanish: The Beloved Land of the Sun) Location of Maracaibo Municipalities Maracaibo Municipality Mayor Gian Carlo Di Martino (2004 – 2008) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 393 km² N/A km² N/A km² Population...

	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