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Sucre (state)

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Country
  
Capital
  
Cumaná

Time zone
  
UTC-04:30

Area
  
11,800 km²

Created
  
1909

Area rank
  
14th

ISO 3166 code
  
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Points of interest
  
Mochima National Park, Parque Guaiquerí, San Antonio de la Emine, Cumaná Cathedral, Museo Gran Mariscal

Destinations
  
Mochima National Park, Cumaná, Carúpano, Río Caribe, Araya - Venezuela

Sucre State (Spanish: Estado Sucre, [esˈtaðo ˈsukɾe]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Cumaná. Sucre State covers a total surface area of 11,800 km² and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921. The most important river in the state is the Manzanares River.

Contents

Map of Sucre, Venezuela

Municipalities

  • Andrés Eloy Blanco (Casanay)
  • Andrés Mata (San José de Aerocuar)
  • Arismendi (Río Caribe)
  • Benítez (El Pilar)
  • Bermúdez (Carúpano)
  • Bolívar (Marigüitar)
  • Cajigal (Yaguaraparo)
  • Cruz Salmerón Acosta (Araya)
  • Libertador (Tunapuy)
  • Mariño (Irapa)
  • Mejía (San Antonio del Golfo)
  • Montes (Cumanacoa)
  • Ribero (Cariaco)
  • Sucre (Cumaná)
  • Valdez (Güiria)
  • Race and ethnicity

    According to the 2011 Census, the racial composition of the population was:

    Notable People

  • Antonio José de Sucre "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho"
  • Cruz Salmerón Acosta, poet.
  • Andrés Eloy Blanco, poet.
  • Juana Dolores Valdéz, poet.
  • Edilio Navarro, sculptor.
  • Francisco del Valle Álvarez Agreda, singer.
  • Pastora Salazar Suniaga, singer.
  • Bernardo Bermúdez.
  • Atanasio Antonio Tineo, musician.
  • General Francisco Mejía.
  • Doctor Diego Carbonell.
  • Gualberto Ibarreto, singer.
  • Eladio Lárez, TV host
  • José Antonio Ramos Sucre, poet.
  • Maria Rodríguez, singer-songwriter.
  • Francisco Sánchez, swimmer.
  • Irene Esser, Miss Universe 2012 2nd runner up.
  • Wolfgang Larrazábal, rear admiral president of Venezuela (1958)
  • References

    Sucre (state) Wikipedia


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