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Courtesy of Lonely Planet

Venezuela is a country of striking natural beauty and dramatic contrasts: the snow-capped peaks of the Andes in the west, the steamy Amazonian jungles in the south, the hauntingly beautiful Gran Sabana plateau in the east, with its strange flat-topped mountains, and 1,860 miles of white-sand beaches fringed with coconut palms that line the Caribbean coast.

Venezuela boasts South America's largest lake, Lake Maracaibo; the third-longest river, the Orinoco; and the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls. The country is also home to many exotic plants and animals, including the jaguar, ocelot, tapir, armadillo, anteater, and the world’s longest snake, the anaconda.

COUNTRY FACTS

Full Country Name: República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Area: 912,050 sq km (355,700 sq mi)

Population: 23,543,000 (growth rate 1.6%)

Capital City: Caracas (pop. 4,608,934)

People: 67% mestizo, 21% European descent, 10% African descent, 2% indigenous, also 200,000 Amerindians, remnants of semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer societies

Language: Spanish, Amerindian languages

Religion: Christian, Catholic

Government: Federal Republic

Head of State: Hugo Chávez

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