Area introduction
Suli is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the northwest of Venezuela. In 1676, he became the Shu Kaibo province of Spain Colonial Empire, and He was built in 1864. The area, behind Bolivar, Amazon, Apriai and Guayaka, is the fifth largest state in Venezuela, and is also the largest area in the coastal area of Venezuela. Sulia is the largest state of the Venezuela population. In 2011, the people estimated about 37.04 million, higher than all states and federal municipalities. The state is divided into 21 towns, and the state is located in Marako.
Geography
Suria is located in the northwest corner of the country of Venezuela, is a frontier, Western Peija, the PERIJA, Guida, Guida, the Republic of Colombia (Guahra Peninsula), Cesar Province and North Santander borders; Eastern and southern and south are bordered by the country's Falceline, Lalan, Truji, Merida and Tacula.
Suria is located in Maraki Lake Basin. The lake is the largest lake in South America and even Latin America. The north is connected to the Caribbean sea. The state government Marako is located on the narrow waterway of the lake and sea. Mara Kaikuo City population is about 14.95 million, and the population of the metropolitan area is 2108,000 (2010 data), which is the second largest city in Venezuela only in Caracas in Capital.
History
Name origin
The origin of the state name has several mutual contradictory theories. One is from Guaimal, he is the son of the leader Mara. Gaymaral fell in love with the beautiful Suria in the Pamplona region, but she killed in the battle that happened with Spain conquest. Gaymaral returned to his father's territory and named rivers, towns and regions with the name of Sulia. Although there are very few historical proven, this is the most popular theory.
Spanish period
1498, Columbus's third flight to the Americas, the second year, Alonso Deohda led an expedition to find Mara Kai Po Lake The water and indigenous homes along the coast are like Venice, Italy, which is called "Venezuela", meaning "small Venice".
1574, under the command of Pedro Maldonado, Pedro Maldonado, the capital of Sulia was re-established by Mara Kaibo in the Harbor, which was protected from the preserved trend. Since this reconstruction city, the entire city has begun to develop from one village into a whole.
During the Dapple Republic of Gorge
January 28, 1821, Sulia announced independent of Spain.
In 1824, during the rule of the Republic of Big Chorch, to commemorate the Sulia River, name this place as Sulia. With the splitting of the Big Church Republic of 1830, it was named Mara Kaiwu, which became one of the 11 provinces of Venezuela.
Venezuelira
April 22, 1864, the Federal Constitution of Venezuela, the "province" transformed into "state", the end of the same year, the national legislation decided to change the name to Su Lian sovereign state, but this lasts for a few months.
1874, its name became a state.
1899, draw the demultiplex, along until the current. Since then, the name is fixed to Sulia (Spanish: Estado Zulia).
Economic
Suli is one of the most important states in the economic status of Venezuela. Mara Kaihu Lake Basin is one of the largest reserves in Western Hemisphere and natural gas reserves, and Sulia has also become the center of oil and gas exploitation industry in Venezuela. The agricultural and animal husbandry in Sulia is also developed, and the fruits such as bananas, meat and milk are important in the country's total production.