*Weather, Geography, People*
| The weather in Venezuela is mostly tropical, hot, humid, and more moderate in highlands. As its southernmost tip is about 60 miles above the equator, and the entire country lies within the Torrid Zone. So it might appear extremely hot and oppressive. The city of Mérida, 5,175 feet above sea level in the mountain zone, has an average temperature of 65° F. Winter and summer, it's a rainy and dry season so it's not always hot and tropical. |
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| Venezuela's topography is
mountains at the east south and next to all of the mountains, there's a lot of
fields. Venezuela is located in northern South America, bordering the
Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia 2,050 km and
Guyana 743 km . The geographic coordinates of Venezuela are 8° N,
66° W
The area of Venezuela: total: 912,050 sq km |
This is a map of Venezuela and the yellowish color shows the mountains and the green color shows the fields and the blue lines shows the river. |
| The population of Venezuela is 25,058,000, density, 71 per mi² [27 per km²]. |
This is a picture of a girl from a city in Venezuela in a tree. |
| The indigenous population in Venezuela is the Yanomani Indians. Yanomani have wooden stick through their nose and they don't wear clothes much. Men and boys wear flaps but no shirt, young girls don't wear shirts either but they have flaps too. The older girls and women wear dresses and lot of jewelry. |
This is a picture of a Yanomani Indian boy in a boat, probably fishing for dinner. |
| The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. |
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