Venezuela States Map Quiz

Tap or click the state the question names, from Lake Maracaibo to the Orinoco Delta.

Venezuela States Map Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered state or territory.Answer key

  1. Zulia
  2. Falcón
  3. Lara
  4. Yaracuy
  5. Trujillo
  6. Mérida
  7. Táchira
  8. Barinas
  9. Portuguesa
  10. Carabobo
  11. Aragua
  12. La Guaira
  13. Capital District
  14. Miranda
  15. Cojedes
  16. Guárico
  17. Anzoátegui
  18. Monagas
  19. Sucre
  20. Nueva Esparta
  21. Federal Dependencies
  22. Delta Amacuro
  23. Bolívar
  24. Amazonas
  25. Apure

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each state or territory is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a state or territory is answered.

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  1. Zulia Capital: Maracaibo. No state has more people.
  2. Falcón Capital: Coro. Its largest city is Punto Fijo.
  3. Lara Capital: Barquisimeto. The state is named for Jacinto Lara.
  4. Yaracuy Capital: San Felipe. Named for the Yaracuy River.
  5. Trujillo Capital: Trujillo. Its largest city is Valera.
  6. Mérida Capital: Mérida, a city named for Mérida in Spain.
  7. Táchira Capital: San Cristóbal. Named for the Táchira River.
  8. Barinas Capital: Barinas. Named after an indigenous group of the area.
  9. Portuguesa Capital: Guanare. Its largest city is Acarigua.
  10. Carabobo Capital: Valencia. The second smallest state on the mainland.
  11. Aragua Capital: Maracay. Named for the Aragua River.
  12. La Guaira Capital: La Guaira. The state was called Vargas until 2019.
  13. Capital District Not a state. It holds about half of Caracas.
  14. Miranda Capital: Los Teques. Named for Francisco de Miranda.
  15. Cojedes Capital: San Carlos. Named for the Cojedes River.
  16. Guárico Capital: San Juan de los Morros. Largest city: Calabozo.
  17. Anzoátegui Capital: Barcelona. Named for José Antonio Anzoátegui.
  18. Monagas Capital: Maturín. Named for José Tadeo and José Gregorio Monagas.
  19. Sucre Capital: Cumaná. Named for Antonio José de Sucre.
  20. Nueva Esparta Capital: La Asunción. The smallest state; its main island is Margarita.
  21. Federal Dependencies Not a state: Caribbean islands under the national government.
  22. Delta Amacuro Capital: Tucupita. The Orinoco reaches the sea here in a delta.
  23. Bolívar Capital: Ciudad Bolívar. The largest state, home of Angel Falls.
  24. Amazonas Capital: Puerto Ayacucho. Nearly a fifth of Venezuela's area.
  25. Apure Capital: San Fernando de Apure. Named for the Apure River.

How this list was compiled: The 25 parts (23 states, one capital district, one federal dependency) and their kinds: ISO 3166-2:VE as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:VE, read 2026-10-08; the same 23 states, the Distrito Capital and the Dependencias Federales are the entries of the state list of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, http://www.ine.gob.ve/, read 2026-10-08. Capitals, largest cities where they differ, Bolívar the largest and Nueva Esparta the smallest state by area, Zulia the most people (3,704,404 in the 2011 census), the areas behind 'second smallest state on the mainland' (Carabobo 4,650 square km; only La Guaira, 1,496, is smaller among the mainland states), Vargas renamed La Guaira in 2019, the name origins, 'states and territories', and the claim to Guayana Esequiba, land controlled by Guyana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Venezuela, read 2026-10-08. Lake Maracaibo and Zulia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo. Angel Falls in Bolívar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_(state). Amazonas, nearly a fifth of the country's area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonas_(Venezuelan_state). The Orinoco Delta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Amacuro. Margarita, Coche and Cubagua: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueva_Esparta. The Capital District, one municipality holding about half of Caracas, bordered by La Guaira and Miranda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_District_(Venezuela). The Federal Dependencies, islands under the national government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela. The Essequibo dispute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute. All read 2026-10-08. The drawing follows Natural Earth and draws the land west of the Essequibo River with Guyana, as untappable land; no asked shape contains it. The map was drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, a public-domain map dataset; where a part lies on the map (a coast, a corner, a neighbor) was read from that drawing. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Capitals from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 8.8°N 67°W. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Venezuela states map quiz asks for all 23 states, the Capital District and the Federal Dependencies, 25 shapes in all. Four of them are too small to tap, so each carries a ring in the sea to the north.

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Three rounds, each across the country

Each round asks eight or nine shapes from the west, the center and the east together. The west is Zulia and the eight states behind it. The center is crowded, from Carabobo on the coast east to Monagas. The rest is the northeast tip, the islands, the Orinoco Delta and the three largest states.

The capital is not always the big city

Bolívar is governed from Ciudad Bolívar, not from Ciudad Guayana, its largest city, and Nueva Esparta from La Asunción, not Porlamar. Show me the labels first writes every name on the map; tap a state there to read its capital.

  • Start at the lake. Zulia wraps around Lake Maracaibo, and Trujillo and Mérida touch its eastern and southern shores.
  • The three largest states are Bolívar and Amazonas, which fill the south, and Apure, the long shape to their west.

Questions and answers

How many states does Venezuela have?

Twenty-three. The map has 25 shapes because the Capital District and the Federal Dependencies, a scatter of Caribbean islands, are drawn and asked too. Venezuela's statistics office lists the same 25.

Which state of Venezuela has the most people?

Zulia, in the northwest, with about 3.7 million people in the 2011 census. Bolívar, in the southeast, is the largest by area, and Nueva Esparta, the island state, is the smallest.

Is Caracas a state?

No. About half of Caracas lies in the Capital District, a small shape between the states of La Guaira and Miranda. It is asked here like a state.

Is the Essequibo region shown as part of Venezuela?

Some borders on this map are disputed. Venezuela claims all land west of the Essequibo, which Guyana governs. The map follows Natural Earth, a public-domain map source, draws that land with Guyana and does not take a side. It is shown but not asked.

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