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Venezuela)
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| Location
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| Flag
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| Capital
| Caracas
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| Language
| Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
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| Internet TLD
| .ve
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| Calling Code
| +58
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| Religion
| Nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
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| Area
| total: 912,050 km2
land: 882,050 km2
water: 30,000 km2
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| Population
| 27,980,218 (2008 est.)
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| Government
| Federal republic
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| Currency
| Bolivar Fuerte (VEF)
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| Electricity
| 120-240/60Hz (US plug)
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| Time Zone
| UTC -4.5
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Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. A country of northern South America on the Caribbean Sea, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km).
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Inhabited by a variety of Arawakan and other peoples, the region was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and settled beginning in the 1520s, becoming part of the Spanish colony (later viceroyalty) of New Granada. Venezuela borders Guyana to the east of the Essequibo River, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, Barbados, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Leeward Antilles lie just north, off the Venezuelan coast. Caracas is the capital and Maracaibo the largest city. Population: 26,000,000. Densely populated, the highland region is the political and commercial hub of the nation. About 65% of the population is mestizo, 20% white, 10% black, and 2% indigenous. Spanish is the official language. There is no established church, but nearly all Venezuelans are nominally Roman Catholic. About 13% of Venezuelans are engaged in farming. The chief crops are corn, sorghum,… Oil is found north of the Orinoco in Anzoátequi and Guárico states, but it is thick and was not easily extracted and refined. Oil accounts for about 90% of the export income, 50% of government earnings, and 30% of the gross domestic product.
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