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Coordinates: 7°N 65°W / 7°N 65°W / 7; -65

Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela[a]

  • República Bolivariana de Venezuela  (Spaingie)
Anthem: Gloria 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])
Releegion
71% Catholic
17% Protestant
8% Agnostic/Atheist
3% Ither releegion
1% No answer[2]
Demonym(s)Venezuelan
GovrenmentFederal presidential constitutional republic
• 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
Area
• 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

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.

References

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  1. ↑ "Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014)" (PDF). Ine.gov.ve. p. 29. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Aguire, Jesus Maria (Juin 2012). "Informe Sociográfico sobre la religión en Venezuela" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Centro Gumilla. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2015.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Venezuela". International Monetary Fund.
  4. ↑ "Income Gini coefficient". United Nations Development Programme. United Nations. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2017.
  1. ↑ Recognized as President by Naitional Constituent Assembly an the Supreme Tribunal o Justice.
  2. ↑ Recognisit as Preses bi National Assembly an the Supreme Tribunal in Exile.
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