Sucre (state)

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Estado Sucre

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State flag	State Coat of Arms

Sucre State Anthem

Motto: none

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Location within Venezuela

Created
(given current status) 1909

State capital Cumaná

Area
•% 11,800 km²
1.29 (Ranked 14th)

Population
•% 902,703 hab. (2006 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 2006, had an estimated population of 902,703.

[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

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Political Divisions of Venezuela

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Capital District:	Caracas
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