Falcón Zulia state (Estado Falcón – Zulia) was a state of Venezuela created by initiative of president

Antonio Guzmán Blanco Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for , from 1870 until 1877, from 1879 until 1884, and from 1886 until 1 ...

History

*1881: Faced with pressure from the

Zulia Zulia State (, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is also one of t ...

state for greater autonomy, President

decrees its union with the

Falcón Falcón State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is Coro, Venezuela, Coro. The state was named after Juan Crisóstomo Falcón. History Early history Present day Falcón State was first explored ...

state and the change of capital first to Casigua and then to Capatárida under the figure of the Falcón Zulia state. The capital of the Zulia state was

Maracaibo Maracaibo ( , ; ) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela. It is the largest city in Venezuela and is List of cities in Venezuela by population ...

, and Coro that of the Falcón state. *1883:

state receives from

state the Democracia Parish ( Quisiro) which was incorporated into Altagracia Canton. *1890: President Raimundo Andueza Palacio gives autonomy to

state and

becomes the capital. Zulia state disappears and Quisiro definitely becomes part of the state.

Territory

1881–1883

As repression to the calls against centralism, president

joined Falcón state and Zulia state into a combined state called Falcón-Zulia with the intent that Maracaibo had less autonomy. The capital was transferred to Casigua and later to Capatárida. Zulia became only a sub-region of the new state. In 1890, President Raimundo Andueza Palacio reestablished the autonomy of Zulia state with

as its capital again. Zulia returned to its borders of 1881. In the map, the Zulia sub-region (and former State) is shown in red, which had Maracaibo as its former capital; the Falcón sub-region (and former State) is in brown. Capatárida is located in the western coat in Galcón State near the border with Zulia State almost equidistant between the former (and now current) capitals of Falcón and Zulia states, respectively, the cities of Coro and Maracaibo.

1883–1890

The Zulia state (in red), receives Democracia Parish from Falcón.

Subdivisions

The state is divided into 2 sections: * Sección Zulia * Sección Falcón The state are divided into

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an It ...

Cantons of Zulia

* Altagracia Canton *

Fraternidad Canton Fraternidad may refer to: * Fraternidad, Ocotepeque - a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. *Fraternidad Tigres - a football club from La Paz * Copa Fraternidad - name from 1971 to 1983 of a defunct annual football competition ...

* Gibraltar Canton * Maracaibo Canton * Perijá Canton

Cantons of Falcón

Coro Canton Coro or CORO may refer to: Entertainment * ''Coro'' (Berio), a composition by Luciano Berio * Coro (music), Italian for choir * Coro TV, Venezuelan community television channel * Omweso (Coro), mancala game played in the Lango region of Uganda * ...

* Cumarebo Canton *

Costa Arriba Canton Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge of th ...

* Casigua Canton * San Luis Canton * Paraguaná Canton

References

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