Caracas
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Caracas (Spaingie pronunciation: [kaˈɾakas]), offeecially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Venezuela. It is locatit in the northren pairt o the kintra, follaein the contours o the narrae Caracas Glen on the Venezuelan coastal muntain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The glen's temperaturs ar warelike. Terrain suitable for biggin lees atween 760 an 910 m (2,493.44 an 2,985.56 ft) abuin sea level. The glen is close tae the Caribbean Sea, separatit frae the coast bi a steep 2200 m (7400 ft) hie muntain range, Cerro Ávila; tae the sooth thare ar mair hills an muntains.
Caracas | |||||||
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Ceety | |||||||
Santiago de León de Caracas | |||||||
Eik-name(s): La Odalisca del Ávila (The Avila's Odalisque) La Sucursal del Cielo (Heaven's Branch on Earth) "La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera"(The Ceety o Eternal Spring) | |||||||
Motto(s): Ave María Purísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural | |||||||
Coordinates: 10°30′N 66°55′W | |||||||
Kintra | Venezuela | ||||||
State | Caipital Destrict | ||||||
Foondit | 25 Julie 1567 | ||||||
Foondit bi | Diego de Losada | ||||||
Metropolitan | Municipalities: Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, El Hatillo | ||||||
Govrenment | |||||||
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil | ||||||
• Bodi | Govrenment o the Caipital Destrict / Mayorship o the Metropolitan Destrict | ||||||
• Chief o Govrenment / Mayor | Jacqueline Faría / Antonio Ledezma | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Ceety | 433 km2 (167 sq mi) | ||||||
• Metro | 1930 km2 (750 sq mi) | ||||||
Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) | ||||||
Highest elevation | 2100 m (6,900 ft) | ||||||
Lowest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) | ||||||
Population (2011)[1] | |||||||
• Ceety | 3,273,863 | ||||||
• Density | 4212.9/km2 (10,911/sq mi) | ||||||
• Metro | 5,297,026 | ||||||
• Metro density | 1123.4/km2 (2,910/sq mi) | ||||||
Demonym(s) | caraqueño (m), caraqueña (f) | ||||||
Time zone | UTC– 04:30 (VST) | ||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC– 04:30 (no observit) | ||||||
Postal codit | 1010-A | ||||||
Aurie code | 212 | ||||||
ISO 3166 code | VE-A | ||||||
Website | Caipital Destrict Metropolitan Destrict | ||||||
The aurie an population figurs are the sum o the figurs o the five municipalities (leetit abuin) that mak up the Distrito Metropolitano. |
El Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas (Metropolitan Destrict o Caracas) includes the Distrito Capital (the caipital ceety proper) an fower ither municipalities in Miranda State includin Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, an El Hatillo. The Distrito Capital haed a population o 2,097,350 as o 2009, while that o Distrito Metropolitano wis estimatit at 3,196,514 (as o 2008).