Venezuela

Venezuela, offeecially cawed the Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela (Spaingie: República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a tropical kintra on the northren coast o Sooth Americae. It is a continental mainland wi numerous islands locatit off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. The republic is a umwhile Spaingie colony that wan its unthirldom in 1821.

Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela[a] República Bolivariana de Venezuela  (Spaingie)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Gloria al Bravo Pueblo (Scots: "Glory tae the Brave Fowk")
Caipital and largest city	Caracas 10°30′N 66°55′W
Offeecial leids	Spaingieb
Recognised regional leids	Indigenous leids
Ethnic groups (2011[1])	51.6% Mestizo 43.6% White 2.9% Black 1.2% ithers 0.7% Afrostryndant
Releegion	71% Catholic 17% Protestant 8% Agnostic/Atheist 3% Ither releegion 1% No answer[2]
Demonym(s)	Venezuelan
Govrenment	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Nicolás Maduro (pairtially recognisit)[n 1] Juan Guaidó (pairtially recognisit)[n 2]
• Vice Preses	Delcy Rodríguez (constitutional poseetion disputit)
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly Constituent Assembly (disputit)
Unthirldom
• frae Spain	5 Julie 1811
• frae Gran Colombia	13 Januar 1830
• Recognised	30 Mairch 1845
Aurie
• Total	916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi) (33rd)
• Water (%)	0.32[d]
Population
• 2016 estimate census	31,775,371[3] (44t)
• Density	33.75/km2 (87.4/sq mi) (181st)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$404.109 billion[3]
• Per capita	$12,859[3]
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$251.589 billion[3]
• Per capita	$8,004[3]
Gini (2013)	44.8[4] medium
HDI (2015)	0.767[5] heich · 71st
Currency	Bolívar Soberano[e] (VEF)
Time zone	UTC–4 (VET)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+58
ISO 3166 code	VE
Internet TLD	.ve
^ The "Bolivarian Republic o Venezuela" haes been the full offeecial teetle syne the adoption o the new Constitution o 1999, whan the state wis renamed in honour o Simón Bolívar. ^ The Constitution an aa recognises aw indigenous leids spoken in the kintra. ^ Some important subgroups include thae o Spaingie, Italian, Amerindian, African, Portuguese, Arab an German strynd. ^ Aurie tots include anerly Venezuelan-admeenistered territory. ^ On 1 Januar 2008, a new bolivar wis introduced, the bolívar fuerte (ISO 4217 code VEF) worth 1,000 VEB.

States o Venezuela