Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela ranks 70th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Iceland, Jamaica, and Thailand. Memorable people born in present day Venezuela include Simón Bolívar, Hugo Chávez, and Nicolás Maduro. Memorable people who died in Venezuela include Hugo Chávez, Juan Pujol García, and Lope de Aguirre. Venezuela has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 912,050 km2 (352,140 sq mi), with a population estimated at 31.8 million in 2025. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east, and on the east by Guyana. Venezuela consists of 23 states, the Capital District, and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital. Read more on Wikipedia