Regions of Venezuela

Administrative regions of Venezuela:

  Zulian Region

  Guayana Region

  Central Region

  Central-Western Region

  Insular Region

  Andean Region

  Eastern Region

  Llanos Region

Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies have been grouped into administrative regions since a 1969 decree on regionalization that institutionalized a process of region development. The regions thereby created have been modified until attaining their present shape.

Administrative Region	Population¹	Area²	States
Andean Region	2,210,194	53,900 km²	Barinas, Mérida, Táchira and Trujillo
Capital Region	4,687,002	9,879 km²	Miranda, Vargas, Capital District (Caracas)
Central Region	3,851,290	26,464 km²	Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes
Central-Western Region	3,703,675	66,900 km²	Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, Yaracuy
Guayana Region	1,776,545	458,344 km²	Bolívar, Amazonas, Delta Amacuro
Insular Region	439,900	1,492 km²	Nueva Esparta, Federal Dependencies
Llanos Region	1,181,650	141,486 km²	Apure (excluding the Páez Municipality), Guárico
Eastern Region	3,165,217	84,030 km²	Anzoátegui, Monagas, Sucre
South-Western Region	2,000,000 (approximately)	N/A	Táchira and the Páez Municipality of Apure
Zulian Region	3,520,376	63,100 km²	Zulia

Notes:

1. Population figures are 2005 estimates
2. The area of the Páez municipality has, for the time being, been incorrectly counted here as belonging to the Llanos Region, rather than the Andean Region.