Venezuela Country Info - South America

Description and Basic Information

Venezuela with its capital Caracas is located in South America (Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 912,051 square kilometres (slightly more than twice the size of California) with 26,414,000 citizens. Spanish is the language spoken by the majority in Venezuela. Guyana, Brazil and Colombia are bordering countries.

Venezuela is a country in South America. Having a shoreline along the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east and Brazil to the south, and is situated on the major sea and air routes linking North and South America. The Angel Falls (Churun Meru) in the Guiana Highlands is the world's highest waterfall and one of Venezuela's major tourist attractions.

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About Venezuela

The terrain offersAndes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest with central plains (llanos) and Guiana Highlands in southeast. The average density of population is about 28 per km². The climate in Venezuela can be described as tropical with hot, humid, more moderate in highlands. Possible natural disasters include subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides or periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Venezuela dial +58 prior to a number. There are 6,867,000 installed telephones. And there are 28,124,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ve". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz. The following list are the 25 regions/states in Venezuela we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Venezuelan population grew at a rate of 1.52% (or by 412,432 citizens). With 139,927 deaths and 552,359 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.52%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Venezuela: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.