Isla Margarita Vacations

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.

COUNTRY DIALING CODE: +58

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  

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS:

 
      120V 60Hz

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Metric system