Falcón Zulia
Falcón Zulia state (Estado Falcón – Zulia) was a state of Venezuela created by initiative of president Antonio Guzmán Blanco.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.In 1890, President Raimundo Andueza Palacio reestablished the autonomy of Zulia state with Maracaibo as its capital again.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.The Zulia state (in red), receives Democracia Parish from Falcón.