Ospino, Portuguesa | |||
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 Ospino Municipality in Portuguesa State | |||
  Ospino, Portuguesa Ospino Municipality in Portuguesa State | |||
| Coordinates: 09°18′N69°27′W / 9.300°N 69.450°W | |||
| Country | Venezuela | ||
| State | Portuguesa | ||
| Municipality | Ospino | ||
| Founded | 1713 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Amilkar Díaz Pérez (MVR) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,675 km2 (647 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| • Total | 39,215 | ||
| • Demonym | Ospinense | ||
| Time zone | UTC-4:30 (VST) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4:30 (not observed) | ||
| Area code(s) | 0256 | ||
| Climate | Aw | ||
| Website | ospino-portuguesa.gob.ve | ||
| The area and population figures are for the municipality | |||
Ospino is a town in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa. This town is the shire town of the Ospino Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 39,215. [1]
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. With this last country, the Venezuelan government maintains a claim for Guayana Esequiba over an area of 159,542 km2. For its maritime areas, it exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km2 of territorial waters, 22,224 km2 in its contiguous zone, 471,507 km2 of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone, and 99,889 km2 of continental shelf. This marine area borders those of 13 states. The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world's list of nations with the most number of species. There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains, the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states, a Capital District and the Federal Dependencies, which consist of a large number of islands and islets on the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela also claims the Guayana Esequiba territory which comprises six districts in the independent nation of Guyana.
Portuguesa State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Located in the west of the Republic, it is considered the "breadbasket of Venezuela" for the large amount of agricultural products produced there. The state is bordered on the north by the state of Lara, on the east by Cojedes, on the west by Trujillo and south by Barinas.
