A Virtual Trip to Venezuela, South America

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A Virtual Trip to Venezuela, South America

By Mark on August 3, 2009

This is a post about the northern South American country Venezuela, officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is a tropical country in a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. This country possesses recognized borders with Guyana to the east of the Essequibo river, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, Barbados, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Leeward Antilles lie just north, off the Venezuelan coast. Its size is 916,445 km² with an estimated population of 26,414,816. And the capital city is Caracas. The colors of the Venezuelan flag are yellow, blue and red, in that order: the yellow stands for land wealth, the blue for courage, and the red for independence from Spain. Former Spanish colony, which has been an independent republic since 1821, holds territorial disputes with Guyana, largely concerning the Essequibo area, and with Colombia concerning the Gulf of Venezuela. In 1895, has the dispute became larger and more concerning over the Essequibo river border, it was then submitted to a “neutral” commission, which was composed by United Kingdom, USA and Russian representatives and without a direct Venezuelan representative, which in 1899 decided mostly against Venezuela’s claim. Some information provided by Wikipedia, to learn more about Venezuela please refer to the link at the bottom of this post.

This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of central and northern South America.

This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of Venezuela, South America.

This is a satellite image picture taken from Google Earth of the capital city Caracas, Venezuela, South America. The capital and largest city within Venezeula is Caracas. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2200 m (7400 ft) high mountain range, Cerro ?vila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. Some information provided by Wikipedia.