27 Facts About Caracas Venezuela

The Metropolitan Region of Caracas Venezuela has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants.

Caracas Venezuela has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan area.

The eventual settlers of Caracas came from Coro, the German capital of their Klein-Venedig colony around the present-day coastal Colombia–Venezuela border; from the 1540s, the colony had been de facto controlled by Spaniards.

The town was the closest to the coast of these new settlements, and the colonists retained a native workforce, which allowed a trade network to develop between Caracas Venezuela, the interior, and Margarita; the towns further inland produced ample cotton products and beeswax, and Margarita was a rich source of pearls.

The Caracas Venezuela valley had a good environment for both agricultural and arable farming, which contributed to the system of commerce but meant that the town's population was initially sparse, as it was only large enough to support a few farms.

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In 1577, Caracas became the capital of the Spanish Empire's Venezuela Province under the province's new governor, Juan de Pimentel .

In 1728, the Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas Venezuela was founded by the king, and the cacao business grew in importance.

Caracas Venezuela served as the representative of Venezuela to the Spanish Crown, and vice versa.

Anthem of the city is the Marcha a Caracas Venezuela, written by the composer Tiero Pezzuti de Matteis with the lyrics by Jose Enrique Sarabia and approved in 1984.

Main body of water in Caracas Venezuela is the Guaire River, which flows across the city and empties into the Tuy River, which is fed by the El Valle and San Pedro rivers, in addition to numerous streams which descend from El Avila.

Geologically, Caracas Venezuela was formed in the Late Cretaceous period, with much of the rest of the Caribbean, and sits on what is mostly metamorphic rock.

Hydrographic network of the city of Caracas Venezuela is made up of the Guaire river basin which is a sub-basin of the Tuy river.

Caracas Venezuela has exceeded the administrative limits of its perimeter due to accelerated population growth, so that its most suitable demographic study territory is the Metropolitan District or AMC.

From 1936 to 1990, Caracas Venezuela multiplied its population, although far less than any other major city in the country, such as Valencia, which in the same period of time multiplied its population almost 25 times.

New developments in Caracas Venezuela were populated mainly by these European immigrants, such as La Florida and Altamira.

Businesses that are located in Caracas Venezuela include service companies, banks, and malls, among others.

PDVSA, a state-run organization, is the largest company in Caracas Venezuela, and negotiates all the international agreements for the distribution and export of petroleum.

Important industries in Caracas Venezuela include chemicals, textiles, leather, food, iron, and wood products.

The Metropolitan District of Caracas was suppressed on 20 December 2017 by the Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela.

City of Caracas Venezuela occupies the entirety of the Libertador municipality of the Capital District and part of the state of Miranda, specifically the municipalities of Baruta, Chacao, El Hatillo and Sucre, which until 2011 formed the Metropolitan District of Caracas Venezuela, which enjoyed legal personality and autonomy within the limits of the Constitution and the law.

The Metropolitan District of Caracas Venezuela was organized in a system of municipal government at two levels: the metropolitan or district and the municipalities.

Central University of Caracas Venezuela is a public university founded in 1721: it is the oldest university in Caracas Venezuela.

Traffic in the Caracas Venezuela Region is very congested, since it is the city with the largest number of cars in the country, causing traffic jams at any time in the city and being over-saturated at peak hours, where Caracas Venezuela residents last up to 3 hours to get out of congestion.

BusCaracas Venezuela is a mass transit system that connects some areas of the Libertador municipality of Caracas Venezuela.

Also known as Line 7 of the Caracas Venezuela subway has 11 stations with two connections to the subway system at La Hoyada and La bandera, lines 1 and 3 respectively.

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Network begins its journey at the Libertador Simon Bolivar station in Caracas Venezuela, located in La Rinconada and connected to line 3 of the Caracas Venezuela metro.

Caracas Venezuela is part of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities from 12 October 1982.