The Amazonas State is located to the South of Venezuela and is the second in extension of the Republic. Its Coaot of Arms is per fess, the chief per pale: The first quarter, in gules (red) for symbolizes audacity, intrepidity and courage, charges a reclined aboriginal busy on artisan works representing the firmness and steadiness of the Amazonensians. The ceramic pieces at his side reminds their activity, creative sense and sensibility in search of the perfection on their cultural expressions.

The second quarter, in Or (yellow) symbolizes the purity and power of the region and their people, and charges a autochthonous "Tucan" (Toucan), there called "Piacoco", looking to the right side of the shield and standing on a vert (green) tree without leaves, representing the unquiet vigilance of the Venezuelan southern frontiers.

The third quarter in Sky-blue (variation of the heraldical azure blue- in this case), symbolizes the justice, majesty and loyalty, reminding too the beauty and clearly sky of the State. There appears a semblance of the typical landscape of the region: the father of the Venezuelan rivers, the Orinoco, in first plane, represented by their torrents and millenary stones which guard the ancestral testimony of the "Petroglifos" (writing on stones), reminds their birth in this federal entity. In the right side, on a forest, appears a "Churuata": a typical house of our aboriginal men in these lands, symbol of serenity and abstraction. At the background, we can see the legendary "Autana" Mountain, natural monument and very important reference for the Amazonensian ancestral mythology, representing the unalterable guard of the riches under their feet.

The exterior ornaments are: a "Marahuaca" or typical basket made with the Cucurito palm tree leaves how heraldical timmer, charged by bananas, mangoes and other typical fruits of the region, for represents their wood and agricultural potential how expression of the Blessings of God for this land. The cimier is a gold (yellow) pennant with the war cry: "HONOR Y LEALTAD" (Honor and Loyalty) written in silvered letters, reminding the integrity and the Amazonensians obedience to duty and law in a democratic system of government. The five pointed and golden stars in the pennant terminals, reminds the four departments of the ancient Amazonas Federal Territory: Atures, Atabapo, Río Negro and Casiquiare. The "Guacamayo" (Macaw Bird) standing on the cimier's top is symbol of freedom.

The "Moriche" and Royal palm trees branches at the flanques of the shield, the preferred material of the Amazonensian aboriginals for the construction of the ceilings of theirs houses, reminds too the victory obtained when they combated the Spanish conquerors and their triumph in the survival on the wood. The "Flor de Mayo" (May Flower) orchid, the Venezuelan emblematical flower, appears under the shield for symbolizes the exquisite variety of this plant that we can meet in these places and besides, the exotic proprieties of the Amazonensian forest.

The three-colored pennants at the bottom, represents the Venezolanity and its mottoes written on silvered letters are: at dexter "18 de Julio de 1822" (July 18th, 1822), date of the official creation and incorporation of the Amazonas Federal Territory to the Republic; at sinister "9 de Diciembre de 1924" (December 9th, 1924); ephemeris of the fundation of the City of Puerto Ayacucho", Capital of the State, and its name "ESTADO AMAZONAS" in the central lower pennant.