Zulia

Zulia ( Spanish: Zulia , Guah . Suuria ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela .

State
Zulia
Spanish Estado zulia
Coat of arms
A country	Venezuela
Includes	21 Municipalities
Adm. center	Maracaibo
Governor
History and Geography
Date of formation	1864
Area	63 100 km² (6.88%, 5th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC-04: 30
Population
Population	3 704 404 people ( 2011 ) (13.61%, 1st place )
Density	58.71 people / km² (13th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	Ve-v
Official site

The administrative center of the state is the city of Maracaibo .

The area of ​​the state is 63,100 km², the population is 3,704,404 people (2011). Indians make up 12.72% of the state’s population. Indigenous peoples make up the majority of the population in the municipalities of Mara (98.31%) and Guahira (90.16%). In the Mara municipality, 45.50% of the population belongs to the Vayu (guajiro) ethnic group, and 4.55% to the Anu (parauhano). In the municipality of Guahira, 80.79% of the population belongs to the Vayu (guahiro) ethnic group ^[1] .