Portuguesa (state)
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Estado Portuguesa
State flag State Coat of Arms
Portuguesa State Anthem
Motto: Honor y Gloria (Spanish: Honor and Glory)
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1909
State capital	Guanare
Area    •%	15,200 km² 1,65   (Ranked 12th)
Population    •%	873,400 hab. (2007 est.) 3,34   (Ranked 12th)
Emblematic tree	The Caoba (Swietenia macrophylla)
ISO 3166-2	VE-P
Governor	Antonia Muñoz 2004 - 2008
Website: Gobierno de Poruguesa

Estado Portuguesa is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.

The state capital is Guanare, founded in 1591.

Portuguesa State covers a total surface area of 15,200 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 873,400.

Origin of the Name

It got the name from the River Portuguesa, according to the legend it got the name from a beautiful Portuguese woman who drowned in that river.

Municipalities

1. Agua Blanca (Agua Blanca)
2. Araure (Araure)
3. Esteller (Píritu)
4. Guanare (Guanare)
5. Guanarito (Guanarito)
6. Monseñor José Vicente de Unda (Paraíso de Chabasquén)
7. Ospino (Ospino)
8. Páez (Acarigua)
9. Papelón (Papelon)
10. San Genaro de Boconoito (Boconoito)
11. San Rafael de Onoto (San Rafael de Onoto)
12. Santa Rosalía (El Playon)
13. Sucre (Biscucuy)
14. Turén (Villa Bruzual)

See also

• States of Venezuela

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