Estado Falcón
State flag State Coat of Arms
Falcón State Anthem
Motto: Dios y Federación (Spanish: God and Federation)
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1864 ¹
State capital	Coro
Area    •%	24,800 km² 2,71   (Ranked 10th)
Population    •%	901,500 hab. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Coro is the capital of Falcón State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela These are ranked lists of the States of Venezuela sorted by population area and density (2007 est. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ) 3,45   (Ranked 11th)
Emblematic tree	The Cují yaque (Prosopis juliflora)
ISO 3166-2	VE-I
Governor	Jesús Montilla 2004 - 2008
Website: Gobierno del Estado Falcón
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Estado Falcón is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados, 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The state capital is Coro. Coro is the capital of Falcón State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela

Falcón State covers a total surface area of 24,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 901,500. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The State is named after President Falcón. Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce ( 27 January 1820 &ndash 29 April 1870) was President of Venezuela (1863-1868

The Paraguaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Médanos. The Paraguaná Peninsula is a Peninsula in Venezuela, situated in the state of Falcón. The Peninsula contains oil refineries, especially in the city of Punto Fijo. The oil is then shipped internationally through the port of Amuay.

There are four national parks in the state. The Medanos (mentioned above), the Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro, Morrocoy, and the Sierra de San Luis (sometimes called parque nacional Juan Crisóstomo Falcón). Parque Nacional Los Médanos de Coro is located in the state of Falcón, near the city of Coro on the road that leads to Paraguaná. The Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro is a national park in the Sierra de Falcón in Falcón State, Venezuela.

The island of Aruba is 27 km off the northern coast of Paraguaná Peninsula. Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela The other two ABC islands (Bonaire and Curaçao) are a little further off the coast of the state. The ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. They are the three most western Islands of the Leeward Antilles in the The Island Territory of Bonaire ( Dutch: Eilandgebied Bonaire, Papiamento: Teritorio Insular di Boneiru) is one of five island areas Curaçao (ˈkjuːrəsaʊ in English Dutch: Curaçao, Papiamento: Kòrsou) is an Island in the southern Caribbean Sea,

Municipalities and municipal seats

1. Acosta (San Juan de los Cayos)
2. Bolívar (San Luis)
3. Buchivacoa (Capatárida)
4. Cacique Manaure (Yaracal)
5. Carirubana (Punto Fijo)
6. Colina (La Vela de Coro)
7. Dabajuro (Dabajuro)
8. Democracia (Pedregal)
9. Falcón (Pueblo Nuevo)
10. Federación (Churuguara)
11. Jacura (Jacura)
12. Los Taques (Santa Cruz de Los Taques)
13. Mauroa (Mene de Mauroa)
14. Miranda (Santa Ana de Coro)
15. Monseñor Iturriza (Chichiriviche)
16. Palmasola (Palmasola)
17. Petit (Cabure)
18. Píritu (Píritu)
19. San Francisco (Mirimire)
20. Silva (Tucacas)
21. Sucre (La Cruz de Taratara)
22. Tocópero (Tocópero)
23. Unión (Santa Cruz de Bucaral)
24. Urumaco (Urumaco)
25. Zamora (Puerto Cumarebo)

See also

• States of Venezuela