🇻🇪 Venezuela

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Geography & Borders

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Introduction & Background

Venezuela (/ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə/; Template:IPA-es), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Template:Lang-es),8 is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of 916,445km2 (353,841sqmi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022.9 The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas.

The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba.10 Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America;1112 the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital.