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Cojedes State
Estado Cojedes— State — 
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Coat of armsMotto: Latin: Ad sum
(I am here)Anthem: Cojedes State Anthem Location within Venezuela
Country 
VenezuelaCreated 1864 Capital San Carlos Government - Governor Teodoro Bolivar (2008–present) Area - Total 14,800 km2 (5,714.3 sq mi) Area rank 13th 1.62% of Venezuela Population (2007 est.) - Total 300,300 - Rank 22nd 1.14% of Venezuela Time zone UTC-04:30 ISO 3166 code VE-H Emblematic tree Apamate (Tabebuia rosea) Website cojedes.gob.ve Cojedes State (Spanish: Estado Cojedes, IPA: [esˈtaðo koˈxeðes]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Carlos.
Cojedes State covers a total surface area of 14,800 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 300,300.
History
Native Americans from the Orinoco region kept moving through this region to colonize or trade with the regions around the Tacarigua Lake.
Fray Cirilo Bautista of Sevilla founded Santa Clara de Caramacate in 1750. Bishop Martí wrote some of the first reports about the area in 1760. That year missionaries Fray Gabriel de San Lucas and Fray Salvador of Cádiz the city of San Carlos. The original name was San Carlos de Austria. Nuestra Señora de la Chiquinquirá of El Tinaco was founded by Fray Pablo de Orichuela on the same year. El Pao was founded one year later, in 1661. The towns and the areas around them became cantons under jurisdiction of the Provincia de Caracas.
After the independence, the territory became part of Carabobo, one of the 11 first Venezuelan provinces.
Municipalities and municipal seats
- Anzoátegui (Cojedes)
- Falcón (Tinaquillo)
- Girardot (El Baúl)
- Lima Blanco (Macapo)
- Pao de San Juan Bautista (El Pao)
- Ricaurte (Libertad)
- Rómulo Gallegos (Las Vegas)
- San Carlos (San Carlos)
- Tinaco (Tinaco)
See also
Capital District 
States Dependencies Regions Claimed Categories:- Cojedes (state)
- States of Venezuela
- States and territories established in 1864
- Venezuela geography stubs
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