| VENEZUELAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly more than twice the size of California |
Capital city with population
Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
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Forested Land
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56.1% |
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[27th of 193]
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Largest city
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Caracas |
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Largest city population
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3,007,000 |
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[36th of 174]
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Largest city with population
Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
Map references
South America |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[29th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[139th of 190]
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Natural hazards
subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts |
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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15º40'N |
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Population density
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26.31 people per sqkm |
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[174th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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30.13 people/m²
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[155th of 204]
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Precipitation
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916 mm |
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[38th of 95]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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74.26 people/km² of arable lan |
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[169th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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912,050 km²
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[32nd of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Pico Bolivar |
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Terrain
Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast |
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