page_title: Monagas
section_title: Demography
hierarchical_section_title: Monagas / Demography
caption_attribution_description: Español: Rio cerca de las Pozas de Lorenzo, Caripe, Estado Monagas. Posiblemente Río Colorado.
context_page_description: Monagas State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.
  Monagas State covers a total surface area of 28,900 km² and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443.
  Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the west and south, Bolívar State in the south, Delta Amacuro State in the south and east and the Paria Gulf in the northeast.
  The state is named after the general and president of Venezuela José Tadeo Monagas, native from this state, and his brother and fellow president José Gregorio Monagas, native from the neighbor Anzoátegui State.
  The capital of the state is Maturín.
context_section_description: The population of Monagas State has increased since the 1920s due to the opening of its oil fields. The majority of its inhabitants are Mestizo|mestizos; that is, they result from the progeny of native Indians, Black Africans and White Europeans. Many people from neighbouring states as Sucre and Nueva Esparta, as well as persons from other countries as Spaniards, Italians, Portuguese, Syrian, Lebanese and Chinese have immigrated to the state because of the petroleum industry and business opportunities. The majority of the population is concentrated in the northern area of Monagas state. At least fifty percent of inhabitants live in the capital state Maturín. The most populated cities are: Maturín (514 046 inhab.), Punta de Mata (69 000 inhab.), Caripe (37 350 inhab.), Caripito (52 000 inhab.) and Temblador (36 000 inhab.).
  Monagas also has inhabitants of the Warao and Kariña ethnic groups.
caption: Colorado River, Caripe Municipality
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