Sucre Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities in
Táchira
Táchira State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal.
Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,9 ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
. Its capital is
Queniquea. Its area is 376 square kilometers. It had an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007.
Name
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "
Sucre Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero
Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828. A close friend and associate ...
.
References
External links
Government website (Spanish)
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Municipalities of Táchira
Queniquea