Travel to Venezuela

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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Venezuela

• Time Zone: GMT/UTC -4
• Electricity: 120V 60Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
• Currency: Venezuelan Bolívar (Bs)
• Country Dialing Code: 58

Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List 

• Coro and its Port
• Canaima National Park
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

Venezuela

Location
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana

Capital
Caracas

Population
25,375,281 (July 2005 est.)

Regions
23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district* (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); 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

Climate
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Ethnic groups
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people

Religions
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%

Languages
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects

Government type
federal republic

Background
Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Current concerns include: a weakening of democratic institutions, political polarization, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples.

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