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Distrito Federal, Venezuela Genealogy (view source)
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==History== | ==History== | ||
< | *The city of Caracas was founded in 1567. | ||
*In 1777 the Captaincy General of Venezuela was created with jurisdiction over the Provinces of Cumaná, Guayana, Maracaibo, Margarita and Trinidad. | |||
*In 1821, the Province of Caracas, together with that of Barinas, formed the Department of Venezuela, one of the three into which the Venezuelan territory was divided while it was part of the Republic of Colombia. | |||
*Caracas was the capital of the Department of Venezuela until 1830 and after the separation from Colombia it became the capital of the Republic of Venezuela. | |||
*In 1848 the National Congress created the Provinces of Aragua and Guárico with part of the territory of the Province of Caracas. | |||
*In 1863, with the federal triumph, the province became the State of Caracas. | |||
*In 1864, provisionally, the Federal District was created with the territory of the cantons of Caracas, La Guaira and Maiquetía. | |||
*The first Organic Law for the Federal District was enacted on May 29, 1894. | |||
*In the 1901 Constitution, it was established that the states had to cede the city of Caracas and the foreign parishes of El Valle, *El Recreo, Antímano, Macarao, La Guaira, Maiquetía and Macuto to the Nation to organize the Federal District. | |||
*In 1909, it was decided that the Federal District would be made up of the Libertador Department and the Vargas Department. | |||
*In 1986, the Organic Law of the Capital District was enacted, which stipulates that the Federal District comprises two municipalities: Libertador and Vargas. | |||
*In 1998, the Vargas State was created with the territory that corresponded to the Vargas municipality, leaving the territory of the Federal District reduced to the Libertador municipality. | |||
*The Capital District has a population of approximately 2,085,000 people.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, "Distrito Capital (Venezuela)," In ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'', https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_Capital_(Venezuela). Visited on November 22, 2021.</ref> | |||
==Municipalities== | ==Municipalities== | ||
{{Distrito Federal, Venezuela Map}} | {{Distrito Federal, Venezuela Map}} | ||