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GENERAL INFORMATION
  

OFFICIAL NAME:

República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Venezuela literally means "Little Venice" and was named by Amerigo Vespucci upon seeing the native indians' huts on stilts which reminded him of Venice.

CAPITAL: Caracas

AREA:
total: 912,050 sq km (352,143 Sq Mi)
land: 882,050 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
comparative: slightly more than twice the size of California
border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km,
Guyana 743 km
coastline: 2,800 km

ESTIMATED 2008 POPULATION: 26,414,810

PEOPLE
The principal ethnic majority are the Mestizos who are of mixed AmerIndian and Spanish descent and account for 69% of the population while Whites account for 20%, Black Africans for 9% and AmerIndians for 2%. The AmerIndians are divided into at least 40 groups and are primarily concentrated in the Amazon territory.

RELIGIONS
Mostly Christians with nearly 92% of the population Roman Catholic while 2% are Protestant. The remainder consists of a small number of Jews and AmerIndians who follow local native tribal beliefs.

 

LANGUAGES
The official language is Spanish which is spoken by virtually the entire population except for some isolated AmerIndian groups.

CURRENCY:
The Bolivar Fuerte (BF) divided into 100 Céntimos.
Current Official rate of exchange: US $1.00 = BFs. 2,15  

COUNTRY DIALING CODE: +58

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS:

 
      120V 60Hz

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Metric system

 

GOVERNMENT

Venezuela is a federal multiparty republic with 23 states, 1 capital district, and 1 federal dependency; Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia.

Note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands.

The country gained independence from Spain on July 5th, 1821,and was one of the three nations that formed the Gran Colombia

 


Isla Margarita Bed and Breakfast
Calle Refugio, Quinta Isla Margarita, Vía Aricagua
Municipio Antolín del Campo, El Tirano
Edo. Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
P and F: +58.295.249.0772   C: +58.412.295.0024 

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