The twenty States have each a President and a Legislature, a Supreme and other Courts. The two Territories and the Federal District are administered by Governors appointed by the President, who is elected for seven years. The names of the States and of their capitals follow, with their populations estimated, as until recently no census had been taken since 1897. The new figures (December, 1921) are received only for the Territories. The Coastal States beginning at the northwest are Zulia, Falcón, Yaracuy, Carabobo, Aragua, the Federal District, Miranda, Anzoátegui, Sucre, Monagas. Anzoátegui and Monagas are also Llano States, with Guárico, Cojedes, Portuguesa, Zamora, and Apure. Táchira, Mérida, and Trujillo are Mountain States; Lara, north of Trujillo, almost comes into the coast region. Nueva Esparta is an Island State. Bolívar, south of the Orinoco, lies between the two Territories, Delta Amacuro and Amazonas. -----------------+----------+-----------------+----------+------------ STATES |POPULATION| CAPITALS |POPULATION| ALTITUDES, | | | | in Feet -----------------+----------+-----------------+----------+------------ Zulia | 185,000 | Maracaibo | 50,000 | 20 Falcón | 170,000 | Coro | 20,000 | Yaracuy | 103,000 | San Felipe | 15,000 | 808 Carabobo | 200,000 | Valencia | 60,000 | 1,577 Aragua | 115,000 | Maracay | 15,000 | 1,463 Federal District | 137,000 | Caracas | 100,000 | 3,036 Miranda | 173,000 | Ocumare del Tuy | 10,000 | 693 Anzoátegui | 162,000 | Barcelona | 16,000 | 43 Sucre | 117,000 | Cumaná | 15,000 | Monagas | 90,000 | Maturín | 16,000 | 244 Guárico | 221,000 | Calabozo | 10,000 | 330 Cojedes | 75,000 | San Carlos | 12,000 | 495 Portuguesa | 115,000 | Guanare | 11,000 | 636 Zamora | 75,000 | Barinas | 7,000 | 594 Apure | 30,000 | San Fernando | 8,000 | 240 Táchira | 133,000 | San Cristóbal | 17,000 | 2,722 Mérida | 115,000 | Mérida | 15,000 | 5,415 Trujillo | 184,000 | Trujillo | 12,000 | 2,640 Lara | 231,000 | Barquisimeto | 35,000 | 1,868 Nueva Esparta | 60,000 | La Ascunción | 3,000 | 356 Bolívar | 70,000 | Ciudad Bolívar | 20,000 | 125 TERRITORIES | | | Delta Amacuro | 12,258 | Tucupita | 1,000 | [A] Amazonas | 3,298 | San Fernando de | | | | Atabapo | 400 | [A] -----------------+----------+-----------------+----------+------------ [A] Figures for the area of the States and others omitted are unavailable. POPULATION