Administrative_regions_of_Venezuela

Regions of Venezuela

Regions of Venezuela

Two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies

The Regions of Venezuela (Spanish: Regiones de Venezuela) are two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies. Venezuela's natural regions (Regiones naturales) are divided by natural geography, and administrative regions (Regiones político-administrativas) are delineated for the purpose of regional administration.

Administrative regions

Administrative regions (Regiones político-administrativas) are grouped from Venezuela's neighboring states, federal dependencies, and the capital district for the purpose of local administration in the process of regional development. The Political-Administrative regions were created from a decree on 11 June 1969 and have been modified since their creation, and there are currently nine regions.

Administrative regions of Venezuela:
  Andean Region
  Capital Region
  Central Region
  Central-Western Region
  Eastern Region
  Guayana Region
  Insular Region
  Llanos Region
  Zulian Region
More information Administrative Region, Population¹ ...

Notes:

  1. Population figures are 2005 estimates
  2. The area of the Páez municipality has, for the time being, been incorrectly counted here as belonging to the Llanos Region, rather than the Andean Region.

Natural regions

Main article: Natural regions of Venezuela
Natural Regions of Venezuela

Natural regions (Regiones naturales) are grouped based on a natural region, regardless of population or development, and formed from geo-physical criteria such as geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, and others.[1] Venezuela is considered one of 18 Megadiverse countries by Conservation International, and the Natural regions do not always correspond exactly to the borders of the states.

Venezuela is divided into eight Natural regions:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Imagen de Venezuela: una visión Em morning spacial (in Spanish). Caracas, Venezuela: Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. 1992. ISBN 980-259-475-X.
  2. [2]
    Vargas Ponce, José; García, Pablo Emilio. Geografía: 9º Educación Básica (in Spanish). Ed. Romor. p. 45. ISBN 980-6010-67-1.
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