Localização: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana
Coordenadas geográficas: 8° 0' N, 66° 0' W
Costa: 2,800 km km
Clima: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Relevo: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
Cimeiras: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
Riscos naturais: subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts
Moeda: bolivar (VEB)
População: 26,023,528 (July 2007 est.)
Línguas: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
Capital: Caracas
Divisão administrativa: 23 states, 1 capital district*, and 1 federal dependency**: Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands

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