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South America > Venezuela > Geography

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

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB

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