Amazonas (Venezuelan state)

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State o Venezuela
Motto(s):  Honor y Lealtad (Spaingie for Honor an Lyalty)
Location athin Venezuela
Kintra	Venezuela
Created	1994[c]
Caipital	Puerto Ayacucho
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Liborio Guarulla (2005–2009)
Area
• Total	176899 km2 (68,301 sq mi)
Area rank	2nt
	19.38% of Venezuela
Population  (2007 est.)
• Total	142,200
• Rank	24t
	0.3% o Venezuela
Time zone	UTC-04:00
ISO 3166 code	VE-Z
Emblematic tree	Caucho (Hevea benthamiana)
Website	www.amazonas.gob.ve
^[c] Until this date, Amazonas had the status of Federal Territory.

Amazonas (Spaingie: Estado Amazonas, IPA: [esˈtaðo amaˈsonas]) is ane o the 23 states (estados) intae which Venezuela is dividit.

The state caipital is Puerto Ayacucho. The caipital till the early 1900s wis San Fernando de Atabapo. Although namit efter the Amazon River, maist o the state is drained bi the Orinoco. Amazonas State covers a total surface aurie o 176,899 km² an, in 2007, haed a population o 142,200. Its density is o 0.8 inhabitants per km².

Amazonas haes Venezuela's heichest proportion o indigenous fowks o Venezuela; these mak up anerlie aroond 1.5% o the population naitionwide, but the proportion is nearly 50% in Amazonas.^[1]

1. ↑ Van Cott (2003), "Andean Indigenous Movements and Constitutional Transformation: Venezuela in Comparative Perspective", Latin American Perspectives 30(1), p52