title: Falcón Zulia
text: # Falcón Zulia
  
  Falcón Zulia State (Estado Falcón – Zulia) was a state of Venezuela created by initiative of president Antonio Guzmán Blanco.
  
  ## History
  
  * 1881: Ante las presiones del estado Zulia por mayor autonomía el presidente Antonio Guzmán Blanco decreta su unión con el estado Falcón y el cambio de capital primero a Casigua y luego a Capatárida bajo la figura de Estado Falcón Zulia. La capital de la sección Zulia fue Maracaibo, y Coro la de la sección Falcón.
  * 1883: Zulia section receives from Falcón section the Democracia Parish (Quisiro) which was incorporated into Altagracia Canton.
  * 1890: President Raimundo Andueza Palacio gives autonomy to Zulia State and Maracaibo becomes the capital. Zulia section disappears and Quisiro definitely becomes part of the state.
  
  ## Territory
  
  ### 1881 - 1883
  
  As repression to the calls against centralism, president Antonio Guzmán Blanco joined Falcón State and Zulia State into a combined state called Falcón-Zulia with the intent that Maracaibo had less autonomy. The capital was transferred to Casigua and later to Capatárida. Zulia became only a sub-region of the new state. In 1890 President Raimundo Andueza Palacio reestablished the autonomy of Zulia State with Maracaibo as its capital again. El Zulia volvió a sus fronteras de 1881. In the map, the Zulia sub-region (and former State) is shown in red, which had Maracaibo as its former capital; the Falcón sub-region (and former State) is in brown. Capatárida is located in the western coat in Galcón State near the border with Zulia State almost equidistant between the former (and now current) capitals of Falcón and Zulia States, respectively, the cities of Coro and Maracaibo.
  
  ### 1883 - 1890
  
  The Zulia section, in red, receives Democracia Parish from Falcón.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  The state is divided into 2 secciones/sections:
  
  * Sección Zulia
  * Sección Falcón
  
  The sections are divided into cantons.
  
  ### Cantons of Zulia
  
  * Altagracia Canton
  * Fraternidad Canton
  * Gibraltar Canton
  * Maracaibo Canton
  * Perijá Canton
  
  ### Cantons of Falcón
  
  * Coro Canton
  * Cumarebo Canton
  * Costa Arriba Canton
  * Casigua Canton
  * San Luis Canton
  * Paraguaná Canton
  