1. Venezuela

2. Capital: Caracas (1.8 million)
Population: 25,375,300
Latitude/Longitude: 10 N/ 66 W
Land Area: 352,144 sq miles x

3. Physical Features Angel Falls
Discovered by Jimmy Angel, an American pilot in 1937.
The water falls freely some 2,648 feet.
Angel Falls is the highest Water
Fall in the world
20 times higher than Niagara Falls

4. Lake Maracaibo Largest lake in South America
Pollution from oil drilling, spills, etc…
Inland extension of the Gulf of Venezuela

5. Interesting Facts The world's largest rodent, the capybara,
lives in the grassy plains (llanos)
of Venezuela.
Christopher Columbus was the first
European to find the coast of Venezuela (1498).
Venezuela means Little Venice. Houses
built on stilts in a lake reminded explorers
of Venice in Italy.

6. During the early twentieth century Venezuela
was the largest oil exporter in the world.
Venezuela was one of the founding
members of OPEC (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia and Venezuela ).

7. Sports in Venezuela

8. Flag