Regions of Venezuela


The Regions of Venezuela are two groupings of Venezuela's states, capital district, and federal dependencies. Venezuela's natural regions are divided by natural geography, and administrative regions are delineated for the purpose of regional administration.

Natural regions

Natural regions are grouped based on a natural region, regardless of population or development, and formed from geo-physical criteria such as geological constitution, relief, climate, hydrography, vegetation, soils, and others. Venezuela is considered one of 18 Megadiverse countries by Conservation International, and the Natural regions do not always correspond exactly to the borders of the states.
Venezuela is divided into eight Natural regions:
Administrative regions are grouped from Venezuela's neighboring states, federal dependencies, and the capital district for the purpose of local administration in the process of regional development. The Political-Administrative regions were created from a decree on 11 June 1969 and have been modified since their creation, and there are currently nine regions.
Administrative RegionPopulation¹Area²States
Andean Region3,911,27856,700 km²Barinas, Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo and the Páez Municipality of Apure
Capital Region4,687,0029,879 km²Miranda, Vargas, Capital District
Central Region3,851,29026,464 km²Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes
Central-Western Region3,703,67566,900 km²Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, Yaracuy
Eastern Region3,165,21784,030 km²Anzoátegui, Monagas, Sucre
Guayana Region1,776,545458,344 km²Bolívar, Amazonas, Delta Amacuro
Insular Region439,9001,492 km²Nueva Esparta, Federal Dependencies
Llanos Region1,181,650141,486 km²Apure, Guárico
Zulian Region3,520,37663,100 km²Zulia

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.