Venezuela

65°W / 7°N 65°W / 7; -65

Venezuela, offeecially cawed the Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela Spaingie: República Bolivariana de Venezuela, is a tropical kintra on the northren coast o Sooth Americae. It is a continental mainland wi numerous islands locatit off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. The republic is a umwhile Spaingie colony that wan its unthirldom in 1821.

Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela[a]

  • República Bolivariana de Venezuela  (Spaingie)
AnthemGloria al Bravo Pueblo
(Scots: "Glory tae the Brave Fowk")
Location o Venezuela
Caipital
and largest city
Caracas
10°30′N 66°55′W / 10.500°N 66.917°W / 10.500; -66.917
Offeecial leidsSpaingieb
Recognised regional leidsIndigenous leids
Ethnic groups
(2011[1])
  • 51.6% Mestizo
  • 43.6% White
  • 2.9% Black
  • 1.2% ithers
  • 0.7% Afrostryndant
Releegion
71% Catholic
17% Protestant
8% Agnostic/Atheist
3% Ither releegion
1% No answer[2]
Demonym(s)Venezuelan
GovrenmentFederal presidential constitutional republic
• Preses
• Vice Preses
Delcy Rodríguez (constitutional poseetion disputit)
LegislaturNaitional Assembly
Constituent Assembly (disputit)
Unthirldom
• frae Spain
5 Julie 1811
• frae Gran Colombia
13 Januar 1830
• Recognised
30 Mairch 1845
Aurie
• Total
916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi) (33rd)
• Water (%)
0.32[d]
Population
• 2016 estimate census
31,775,371[3] (44t)
• Density
33.75/km2 (87.4/sq mi) (181st)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$404.109 billion[3]
• Per capita
$12,859[3]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$251.589 billion[3]
• Per capita
$8,004[3]
Gini (2013)positive decrease 44.8[4]
medium
HDI (2015)Decrease 0.767[5]
heich · 71st
CurrencyBolívar Soberano[e] (VEF)
Time zoneUTC–4 (VET)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+58
ISO 3166 codeVE
Internet TLD.ve
  1. ^ The "Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela" haes been the full offeecial teetle syne the adoption o the new Constitution o 1999, whan the state wis renamed in honour o Simón Bolívar.
  2. ^ The Constitution an aa recognises aw indigenous leids spoken in the kintra.
  3. ^ Some important subgroups include thae o Spaingie, Italian, Amerindian, African, Portuguese, Arab an German strynd.
  4. ^ Aurie tots include anerly Venezuelan-admeenistered territory.
  5. ^ On 1 Januar 2008, a new bolivar wis introduced, the bolívar fuerte (ISO 4217 code VEF) worth 1,000 VEB.
States o Venezuela

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