Sucre (state)

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Estado Sucre

	Image:Sucre coa.gif
State flag	State Coat of Arms

Sucre State Anthem

Motto: none

Location within Venezuela

Created
(given current status) 1909

State capital Cumaná

Area
•% 11,800 km²
1.29 (Ranked 14th)

Population
•% 916,600 hab. (2007 est.)
3.34 (Ranked 10th)

Emblematic tree The Roble (Oak)
(Platymiscium diadelphum)

ISO 3166-2 VE-R

Governor Ramón Martínez
2004 - 2008

Website: Gobernación del Estado Sucre

Estado Sucre is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital is Cumaná. Sucre State covers a total surface area of 11,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 916,600.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal seats

Andrés Eloy Blanco (Casanay)
Andrés Mata (San José de Aerocuar)
Arismendi (Río Caribe)
Benítez (El Pilar)
Bermúdez (Carúpano)
Bolívar (Marigüitar)
Cajigal (Yaguaraparo)
Cruz Salmerón Acosta (Araya)
Libertador (Tunapuy)
Mariño (Irapa)
Mejía (San Antonio del Golfo)
Montes (Cumanacoa)
Ribero (Cariaco)
Sucre (Cumaná)
Valdez (Güiria)

[edit] See also

States of Venezuela

[edit] External links

http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/principal.asp?moduloEnti=SUCRE.swf&cEnti=19

Political Divisions of Venezuela

Capital District:	Caracas
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
Federal dependencies:	Los Monjes Archipelago \| Las Aves Archipelago \| Isla Aves \| Los Hermanos Island \| Islas Los Frailes \| Los Roques Archipelago \| La Sola Island \| La Tortuga Island \| La Orchila \| La Blanquilla Island \| Los Testigos Island \| Isla de Patos