Explore Venezuela in 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.

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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 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 country consists of 25 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Venezuela

Venezuela Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Canaima National Park

Canaima National Park is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. Roughly 65% of the park is covered by table mountain (tepui) formations. The...

Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

The Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, built to the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, between 1940 and 1960, is an outstanding example of the Modern Movement in architecture. The...

Coro and its Port

With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, Coro is the only surviving example of a rich fusion of local traditions with Spanish Mudéjar and Dutch architectural techniques. One...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Venezuela is growing at an rate of 1.52% (or by 412,432 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.52%. Or an total increase of 412,432 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.