Venezuela

Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Spanish)

Venezuela Map OutlineCapital: Caracas
Total Area: 916,445 km² (353,841 mi²)
Approximate population: 28,469,123
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.
Languages: Spanish, Amerindian languages
Religions: Protestant, Roman Catholic
Currency: Venezuelan bolivar (VEF)
Organizations: United Nations, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Border countries: Brazil 2,000 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
Maritime boundaries: Caribbean Sea
Coastline: 2.813 km

Administrative divisions: 23 states (estados, sing. – estado), 1 federal district (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal):
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.

Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds.

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