
Capital:
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.