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Venezuela George Bise and Sydney Wilburn

land: 882,050 sq km water: 30,000 sq km ||
 * ~ GEOGRAPHY: ||~  ||
 * Location || Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 8 00 N, 66 00 W ||
 * Continent || South America ||
 * Area || total: 912,050 sq km= 352144.47370353
 * Area Comparison || slightly more than twice the size of California ||
 * Border Countries || Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km ||
 * Climate || tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands ||
 * Terrain || Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast ||
 * Natural Resources || petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds ||
 * Natural Hazards || subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts ||



65 years and over: 5.4% (male 665,436/female 840,089) (2011 est.) || male: 93.3% female: 92.7% (2001 census) ||
 * ~ PEOPLE: ||~  ||
 * Total Population || 27,635,743 ||
 * Age Structure || 0-14 years: 29.5% (male 4,149,781/female 4,002,931) 15-64 years: 65.1% (male 8,846,945/female 9,130,561)
 * Life Expectancy || male: 70.84 years female: 77.17 years (2011 est.) ||
 * Nationality || Venezuelan ||
 * Religions || nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% ||
 * Languages || Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects ||
 * Literacy || definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93%



local long form: Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela local short form: Venezuela || time difference: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">UTC-4.5 (half an hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time ||
 * ~ GOVERNMENT: ||~  ||
 * Country Name (long form) || conventional long form: <span class="category_data">Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela conventional short form: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">Venezuela
 * Government Type || federal republic ||
 * Capital || name: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">Caracas geographic coordinates: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">10 30 N, 66 56 W
 * Chief of State/Head of Government || <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias ||

services: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">64% (1997 est.) ||
 * ~ ECONOMY: ||~ ` ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">13%
 * Agriculture || agriculture: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">13% ||
 * Industry || industry: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: top;">23% ||
 * Exported Commodities || petrolium, bauxite and aluminum, minerals,chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures ||
 * Imported Commodities || agricultural products, raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials ||
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 * ~ SOURCES: ||~  ||
 * CIA Fact Book || [] ||
 * BestSyndication || bestsyndication.com ||
 * MagicStatistics || magicstatistics.com ||
 * StudySpanish || studyspanishlatinamerica.com ||
 * Axiso || axisoflogic.com ||
 * Houston || houstoncommunistparty.com ||