Capital city: Caracas

Region: South America

Area: 912 050 km²

Population: 24 287 670

Main cities: Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay, Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guyana, San Cristóbal, Ciudad Bolivar, Maturín, Mérida, Cumana, Barcelona, Cabimas

Currency: bolivar

Dial code: 58

Internet code: VE

Information: Venezuela is located in the northern part of South America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, between Columbia and Guyana. Venezuela also owns 72 islands in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The country can be divided into three main regions: the coast and the Andes in the north and the west, plains in the centre and the Mountains of Guyana in the southeast. The southern edge of the Andes culminates at 5007 m at the Bolivar peak. It surrounds the Lake Maracaibo and stretches further east along the coast. The great plains (the llanos) are to the north of the Orinoco basin and of its tributaries, the Arauca and Apure rivers. The river empties in the Caribbean Sea through a huge swampy delta that covers the northeast are of the country. (Amacuro Delta). The southern area of the Orinoco, with its tributary the Caroni river, is wild and touristy. That region features one of the most famous places of the country: the Angel Falls, dropping down some 1000 metres.