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Venezuela - definition of Venezuela in Encyclopedia (1069 words) |
 | Venezuela was the site of one of the first permanent Spanish settlement in South America in 1522, being the first one Santa Marta in what is now Colombia, and most of the territory eventually became part of the viceroyalty of New Granada. |
| Venezuela is home to a wide variety of landscapes, such as the northeasternmost extensions of the Andes mountains in the northwest and along the northern Caribbean coast, of which the highest point is the Pico Bolivar at 5,007 m. |
| The centre of the country is characterised by extensive plains known as the llanos that stretch from the Colombian border to the river delta of the Orinoco east. |
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