States

Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), a capital district (distrito capital) correspondent to the city of Caracas, the federal dependencies (dependencias federales) and Guayana Esequiba (border dispute/Guyana). Venezuela is further subdivided into 335 municipalities (municipios), and further subdivided into 1,084 parishes (parroquias).

The states (with capitals in parentheses) include:
1. Amazonas (Puerto Ayacucho)
2. Anzoátegui (Barcelona)
3. Apure (San Fernando de Apure)
4. Aragua (Maracay)
5. Barinas (Barinas)
6. Bolívar (Ciudad Bolívar)
7. Carabobo (Valencia)
8. Cojedes (San Carlos)
9. Delta Amacuro (Tucupita)
10. Falcón (Coro)
11. Guárico (San Juan De Los Morros)
12. Lara (Barquisimeto)
13. Mérida (Mérida)
14. Miranda (Los Teques)
15. Monagas (Maturín)
16. Nueva Esparta (La Asunción)
17. Portuguesa (Guanare)
18. Sucre (Cumaná)
19. Táchira (San Cristóbal)
20. Trujillo (Trujillo)
21. Yaracuy (San Felipe)
22. Vargas (La Güaira)
23. Zulia (Maracaibo)
24. Federal Dependencies

Note: The Venezuelan Federal Dependencies are not a real state, but a special territorial subdivision.

Regions
The states are grouped into ten administrative regions (regiones administrativas), which were established by presidential decree. The regions are listed below along with the states:

Andean - Barinas, Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo; Páez Municipality of Apure.

Capital - Miranda, Vargas, Capital District (Caracas).

Central - Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes.

Central-Western - Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, Yaracuy.

Guayana - Bolívar, Amazonas, Delta Amacuro.

Insular - Nueva Esparta, Federal Dependencies.

Llanos - Apure (excluding Paez Municipality), Guárico.

North-Eastern - Anzoátegui, Monagas, Sucre.

Zulian - Zulia.

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