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~Venezuela is the 33rd largest country in the world
~Baseball is the most popular sport there
~The Joropo is the national dance of this country

~Venezuela has 23 states
~The cuatro is their national instrument
~The total population of Venezuela is 1,304,016 as of July 2017

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coordinates- 6.4238° N, 66.5897° W

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Capital- Caracas

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Pabellon Criolla. It is a simple dish of shredded beef and black beans served on a bed of white rice. It almost always is accompanied by a fried egg.

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Death rate-  5.3 deaths/1,000 population
Birth Rate- 2.32 births per woman
Life Expectancy- 74.54 years
Literacy rate- 97.13%
growth rate- 1.23%

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~In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence
~During the 19th century, Venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos (military strongmen) until the mid-20th century.

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its local climates vary with altitude from hot and humid lowlands to cool highlands. Temperatures in Caracas average 72 degrees and vary little from season to season. About 32 inches (81 centimeters) of rain falls there each year, mainly from April to December.

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The Venezuelan Landscape includes towering mountains, tropical jungles, broad river plains, and arid coastal plains, all of which provide a diversity of natural habitats and a range of challenges to social integration and economic development.

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Pres: Nicolas Maduro Moros
Executive Vice Pres: Delcy Rodriguez Gomez
Min. of Agricultural Production & Lands: Wilmar Castro Soteldo

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Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and English are the most common foreign languages spoken in Venezuela. Some English words, such as "parking," have found their way into Venezuelan Spanish. Venezuelans often speak less formally than people in most other Spanish -speaking countries.

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Venezuela, like most South American nations, Christianity is the largest religion, with a predominantly Catholic population. The influence of the Catholic Church was introduced in its colonization by Spain.