Monagas
Monagas State (Spanish: Estado Monagas, IPA: [esˈtaðo moˈnaɣas]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.
Monagas | |
|---|---|
| Motto(s): Resistió con valor (English: It resisted with courage) | |
| Anthem: Himno del Estado Monagas | |
Location within Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 9.43°N 63.08°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Created | 1909 |
| Capital | Maturín |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Council |
| • Governor | Ernesto Luna(2021–present) |
| • Assembly delegation | 6 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28,900 km2 (11,200 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 9th |
| 3.15% of Venezuela | |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,460,000 |
| 3.15% of Venezuela | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| ISO 3166 code | VE-N |
| Emblematic tree | Palma de Moriche (Mauritia flexuosa) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.702 high · 10th of 24 |
| Website | http://www.monagas.gob.ve |
Monagas State covers a total surface area of 28,900 km2 (11,200 sq mi) and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443.
Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the west and south, Bolívar State in the south, Delta Amacuro State in the south and east and the Paria Gulf in the northeast.
The state is named after the general and president of Venezuela José Tadeo Monagas, native from this state, and his brother and fellow president José Gregorio Monagas, native from the neighbor Anzoátegui State.
The capital of the state is Maturín.
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