Venezuela

FUN FACTS

Venezuelans are very beautiful.  Venezuela has had more Miss Universes and Miss Worlds than any other country

Venezuela’s favorite sport is BASEBALL, but soccer and basketball are also popular.  Many Venezuelans have played baseball in the Major Leagues in the U.S.  Can you name any?  (Miguel Cabrera, Omar Vizquel, Andrés Galarraga, Carlos Zambrano) 

School children in Venezuela can chose between morning classes (7am—Noon) or afternoon classes (Noon – 5pm) .  Older children can even chose night classes (5pm—10pm).

Natural Resources

Venezuela has been blessed with abundant running water from its many big rivers. This reason explain why the country has an appreciate hydroelectric power today, and a huge potential for electrical energy as well as for irrigation systems

Venezuela has abound proven reserves of gold, located in the Guayana shield, south of the country. Gold reserves of more than 10.000 metric tons are estimated to represent more than 12% of the entire world known gold reserves.

The country contains several natural regions: the Andean higher mountains zone which runs in a broad arc from the south west to the north east; the lowlands around the Lake of Maracaibo; the vast central plains called "llanos"; the extended Guayana highlands, "tepuyes", in the south and south east, and finally the coast of the Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean sea.

Due to its great variety of landscapes, climate and vegetation cover, among many other characteristics, Venezuela owes many natural beauties, which are very much appreciate all over the world

Topographical Features

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Latitude/Longitude:

     South America   

  8 00 N,66 00 W 

26,414,816

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Languages Spoken

About 40 languages are spoken in Venezuela. However, Spanish, the country's official language, is the most common. The most widely spoken indigenous languages are Wayuu, Warao, Piaroa, Yanomami, Kahlihna, Manduhuaca, Panaré, Pemón, Guahibo and Nhengtu. Most of these languages originated in the languages of the Caribs, the Arawaks and the Chibcha

Great Places for Kids/Teens to go 

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Major Metropolitan Areas

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Pictures of the Country

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