Venezuela, country located to the north of South America. Obligatory entrance to the South America. With the lake inner more great of the continent: " the Lake of Maracaibo ". The third longer river also is here: " The Orinoco ".A great variety of exotic plants attracts world-wide the scientific community every year. We have to the south of the country a part of one of the natural lungs of the world: " The Amazon ". Place of great humid forests and with an unsuspected fauna and in danger of extinction
Name Oficial : Republic of Venezuela.
Area: 9l6.445 km2.
Limits: North: The Caribbean Sea. South: Brazil. East: Guyana. West: Colombia.
Capital: Caracas.
Official language: Spanish.
Gentile: Venezuelan.
Religion: Catholic. Although there is freedom of cult.
Co�ns: Bolivar. Divided in paper money with the following denominations: 10, 20. 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2,000, 5,000, 10.000. And coins of: 0,25; 0,50; 1,00; 2,00; 5;00, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500.
Change of bolivars to dollar: Bs. 614 by $. 1.00.National Celebration: 5 of July. It signs of the independence act
National Tree: Araguaney.
National flower: Flower of May (Cattleya mossiae); Orqu�dea of great pink petals.
National Bird: Turpial or Turupial.
Political division: 23 states.
Important cities: Caracas, Valencia, Maracaibo, Bolivar, Barquisimeto, Monagas.
Literacy: 91%.
Form of government: Presidential Republic. With presidential elec every 5 years.
Present president: Hugo Rafael Ch�ves Fr�as. Elect president the 6 of December of the 98 until year 2004
Main products: Petroleum, aluminum, coffee, corn, iron, steel, textile, cement, equipment of transport, bovine livestock, bananas, oranges, tuna.
Rate of inflation: At the moment 17,9%.
Active interest rate: For the month of January 55%.
Climate: Climate: Tropical. It varies depending on the state in which we are. If we are in the coastal area, we will have temperatures that go from the 24 � C to the 32 � C. If we go to the Andean area, (states T�chira, Merida and Trujillo) the temperature will be between the 11 � C and the 18 � C, If we leave to the states Zulia, to the occident of the country, the minimum temperature is of 24 � C, being able to arrive, in the month of August, until the 40 � C; the same thing happens in the state Bolivar, to the south of the country. In Caracas the temperature is very pleasant it varies among the 14 � C in December to the 32 � C in the months of April and of August.
Habitatantes for year 98: 23,2 million.
Women in the Nation: 11,5 million.
Men in the Nation: 11,6 million.
Average of life in the women: 73,5 years.
Average of life in the men: 67,6 years.
Cost of the basic basket average: $.214.
Annual entrance per capita: $. 3405.
Smaller population to the 24 years of age for year 2000: 53.2 % of the total population.
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Bibliography: Universal Almanac Navarrete 1998.
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