Administrative divisions of Venezuela

Venezuela is divided into 23 states (estados), 1 Capital District (Distrito Capital) and the Federal Dependencies (Dependencias Federales de Ultramar) that consist of numerous Venezuelan islands.

Prior to the Federal War (1859–1863), Venezuela was divided into provinces rather than states.

The victorious forces were supposed to grant more autonomy to the individual states, but this was not implemented.

Recent years have seen the creation of three new states: Delta Amacuro, Amazonas, and Vargas (in that order).

Venezuelan states are subdivided into "municipalities" (Spanish municipios), which may correspond to either or both of county and city in English-speaking countries.