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Venezuela, South America

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.

Caracas, capital city of Venezuela

Image of Caracas, capital city of Venezuela

Venezuela is a South American nation rich in oil and mineral resources, biodiversity conservation, agriculture potential, and strategic geographic location in Latin America.
Venezuela in one word would be “Arepa,” meaning corn cake.

Venezuela Flag

Flag of Venezuela

Venezuela armorial

armorial of Venezuela

Venezuela is a country of the Americas continent, member of OPEC.

Easy learning about Venezuela

The capital city of Venezuela is Caracas.

Venezuela is located in Americas Continent
Member of OPEC since 1960
Venezuela has a population of 28,300,854 inhabitants
within a total area of 912,050 Km2
(566,721 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
Venezuela’s Global Peace Index (GPI) 142 (world rank position)
GPI scale of 2.82
This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is...
(2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI) Venezuela HDI ranks in position nº 121 worldwide
HDI of 0.709 (0.4 to 1)
(2023 data from UNDP)
Venezuela’s passport allows visa-free entry to 124 countries
Venezuela passport ranks 41st in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Venezuela GDP per capita is $4,068 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Venezuela ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Venezuela EPI (English Proficiency Index)is classified as Moderate proficiency
has a score of 510
ranks 57th worldwide
(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 8° 00' N, 66° 00' W
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Neighbouring countriesGuyana, Brazil, Colombia.
Venezuela Climatetropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Most predominant religionRoman Catholic,
Second most predominant religionProtestant
Currency name & code Bolivar Soberano (VES)
Internet ccTLD.ve
Venezuela calling code+58

Venezuela administrative divisions

23 states (estados), 1 capital district* (distrito capital), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal)
  1. Amazonas
  2. Anzoátegui
  3. Apure
  4. Aragua
  5. Barinas
  6. Bolivar
  7. Carabobo
  8. Cojedes
  9. Delta Amacuro
  10. Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies)**
  11. Distrito Capital (Capital District)*
  12. Falcon
  13. Guárico
  14. La Guairá
  15. Lara
  16. Merida
  17. Miranda
  18. Monagas
  19. Nueva Esparta
  20. Portuguesa
  21. Sucre
  22. Táchira
  23. Trujillo
  24. Yaracuy
  25. Zulia

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