Venezuela
is a nation that is situated in the South America and it
is also known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
This tropical country has many islands situated off its
coastline. On the west of the country there is Colombia,
on its south it is bordered by Brazil and on its east it
is bordered by Guyana.
The size of Venezuela is about
916,445 square kilometers and it has a population of
about 26,414,816 people. Caracas is the capital city of
Venezuela. This nation is considered to be one among the
most developed nations in the Latin America. Most of the
people live in its capital city even though there are
many people who live in other big cities in the country.
More than half of the people living in Venezuela are
Mestizo, mixture of Amerindians and Europeans; and about
thirty percent of the population are whites (Germans,
Italians, Spaniards and Portuguese).
There are also some
Asians living in this nation and they are usually the
Chinese and Lebanese.
Spanish is the official language
of Venezuela and most of the people living in the
country converse in this language. There are some
indigenous languages that are spoken by the people.
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