Federal Territories of Venezuela

Federal Territories is a special political division in the territory of Venezuela. Their existence is provided for in Article 16 of the National Constitution of 1999, with the national government in charge of administration according to law. Currently, there are no Federal Territories in the country because they were elevated to the category of State within the Venezuelan Federation.

Creation

The federal territories would be regulated by the organic law that is able to decree its creation in certain areas of the states, whose validity would be subject to completion of a referendum approving the respective and special law federal entity that may be given to a Federal Territory State category, assigning all or part of the land area.

History

Since 1864, under the government of General Antonio Guzmán Blanco and by Special Act of Congress, the Amazonas and Delta Amacuro Federal Territories were created as territorial political division Federal, until they gained the status of Federal States, via the corresponding Special Act in the year of 1992. On July 4, 1895, President Joaquín Crespo organized the Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean as part of the "Federal territory Colón," then these territories were divided between the State of Nueva Esparta and the Federal Dependencies.[1]

In 1998, Vargas, during the government of Rafael Caldera, was elevated to the category of "Federal Territory" for a short period of time when Municipality Vargas's position, pertaining to the Federal District, was finally elevated to the rank of State in the 1999.[2]

In 2011, the government of the island territory Francisco de Miranda was established, comprising the Las Aves, Los Roques and Orchila islands, north of Venezuela. The capital is the archipelago of Los Roques.[3]

List
NameYear startYear end
Amazonas Federal Territory 1864 1992
Alto Orinoco Federal Territory 1881 1893
Armisticio Federal Territory 1883 1890
Caura Federal Territory 1882 1891
Colón Federal Territory 1871 1909
Cristóbal Colón Federal Territory 1904 1909
Delta Amacuro Federal Territory 1884 1991
Guajira Federal Territory 1864 1893
Maracay Federal Territory 1879 1880
Margarita Federal Territory 1900 1901
Mariño Federal Territory 1872 1875
Tucacas Federal Territory 1879 1880
Yuruari Federal Territory 1881 1891

See also

References
  1. Brewer-Carías, Allan R. (1984). El Régimen de los territorios y dependencias federales (PDF). Revista de Derecho Público. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. "Historia de la división territorial de Venezuela". venciclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. "Instaurado el territorio Insular Miranda". ultimasnoticias.com.ve (in Spanish). Últimas Noticias. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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