Portuguesa (state)
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| Estado Portuguesa | |||||
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| Portuguesa State Anthem | |||||
| Motto: Honor y Gloria (Spanish: Honor and Glory) |
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 Location within Venezuela |
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| Created (given current status) |
1909 | ||||
| State capital | Guanare | ||||
| Area •% |
15,200 km² 1,65 (Ranked 12th) |
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| Population •% |
873,400 hab. (2007 est.) 3,34 (Ranked 12th) |
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| Emblematic tree | The Caoba (Swietenia macrophylla) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | VE-P |
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| Governor | Antonia Muñoz 2004 - 2008 |
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| Website: Gobierno de Poruguesa | |||||
Estado Portuguesa is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
The state capital is Guanare, founded in 1591.
Portuguesa State covers a total surface area of 15,200 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 873,400.
[edit] Origin of the Name
It got the name from the River Portuguesa, according to the legend it got the name from a beautiful Portuguese woman who drowned in that river.
[edit] Municipalities
- Agua Blanca (Agua Blanca)
- Araure (Araure)
- Esteller (Píritu)
- Guanare (Guanare)
- Guanarito (Guanarito)
- Monseñor José Vicente de Unda (Paraíso de Chabasquén)
- Ospino (Ospino)
- Páez (Acarigua)
- Papelón (Papelon)
- San Genaro de Boconoito (Boconoito)
- San Rafael de Onoto (San Rafael de Onoto)
- Santa Rosalía (El Playon)
- Sucre (Biscucuy)
- Turén (Villa Bruzual)
[edit] See also
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