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Estado Bolívar
State flag State Coat of Arms
Bolívar State Anthem
Motto: none
Location within Venezuela
Created (given current status)	1901
State capital	Ciudad Bolívar
Area    •%	238,000 km² 26,24   (Ranked 1st)
Population    •%	1,534,800 hab. (2007 est.) 5,87   (Ranked 7th)
Emblematic tree	The Sarrapia (Diphysa punctata)
ISO 3166-2	VE-F
Governor	Francisco Rangel 2004 - present
Website: Gobernación del Estado Bolívar

Bolivar State (Spanish: Estado Bolívar), is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar. Bolivar State covers a total surface area of 238,000 km² and in 2007 had an estimated population of 1,534,800.

[edit] Places of interest

• Historical Zone of Ciudad Bolívar
• Canaima National Park
• Angel Falls
• Roraima
• La Gran Sabana (Spanish: Great Plains)
• Sarisariñama
• Kavanayen
• Santa Elena de Uairen
• Cerro Bolivar, a large iron mine.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Caroní (Ciudad Guayana)
2. Cedeño (Caicara del Orinoco)
3. El Callao (El Callao)
4. Gran Sabana (Santa Elena de Uairén)
5. Heres (Ciudad Bolívar)
6. Padre Pedro Chien (El Palmar)
7. Piar (Upata)
8. Raúl Leoni (Ciudad Piar)
9. Roscio (Guasipati)
10. Sifontes (Tumeremo)
11. Sucre (Maripa)

[edit] See also

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Coordinates: 8°7′19″N 63°33′0″W / 8.12194°N 63.55°W / 8.12194; -63.55