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Central Region, Venezuela
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The Central Region (Spanish: Región Central)[1] is one of the nine[2] administrative regions of Venezuela. The states of which it consists are Aragua, Carabobo, and Cojedes.[2]
The Caribbean Sea forms the region’s northern boundary. The other regions which it borders are the Capital Region to the northeast, the Llanos Region to the southeast, the Andean Region to the south, and the Central-Western Region to the west. The main and most populated city in the Central Region is Valencia in the state of Carabobo.
History
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The region was created in the presidential decree N.° 72 of 1969. As in the whole country, after the beginning of the democratic era, a regionalization policy begins to develop. By 1969, thanks to the presidential decree, the first legal element from which regionalization in the region and throughout the country would begin. This decree creates the Central Region as well as 8 other regions in the country, in addition to laying the foundations for the creation of different regional organizations.
Geography
[edit]The region is made up of the states of Aragua, Carabobo and Cojedes. It occupies an area of 26,000 km2.
Gallery
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Colonia Tovar, Aragua State -
Choroní, Aragua State -
Isla Larga, Carabobo State -
Tirgua National Park, Cojedes State -
Valencia Metro, Carabobo State
References
[edit]- ^ Regional, Venezuela Ministerio de Obras Públicas División de Planeamiento (1969). Análisis de la región central (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Geografia General de Venezuela" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Central de Venezuela. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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10°10′N 68°00′W / 10.167°N 68.000°W
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