1. Venezuela
By:
Candace Crane

2. Government Federal Republic President President elected by vote
Hugo Chavez
President elected by vote
Term of office is 6 years
President may be re-elected to a single consecutive term
President appoints vice president

3. Venezuela What you will find in Venezuela:
South America’s largest lake
Third-longest river
Highest waterfall in the world
The longest of all snakes
Jaguars
Armadillos

4. Venezuela
The name “Venezuela” is said to have originated from the cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.

5. History of Venezuela Colonized by Spain in 1522
Declared independence on Spain on July 5, 1811

6. Facts About Venezuela Full name Capital City Population
Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
Capital City
Caracas
Population
25,000,000
About half live in poverty
Official language
Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholic (96%)
Protestant

7. Facts World’s 33rd largest country About half the size of Alaska
Divided into 23 states
Grouped into 9 administrative regions
Andean
Capital
Central
Central-Western
Guayanna
Insular
Llanos
North-Eastern
Zulian
World’s 33rd largest country
About half the size of Alaska

8. National Symbols National flower National tree National bird
Orchid
National tree
Araguaney
National bird
Turpial
National symbols
The Flag
Coat of Arms
National Anthem

9. Venezuela

10. Family Structures
Before the oil era began in the mid-1920s, about 70 percent of the Venezuelan population was rural, illiterate, and poor
Over the next fifty years, the ratios were reversed so that over 88 percent of the population became urban and literate.
Even the most isolated peasants and tribal Indians felt some effects of this economic growth
Opened up access to the elite stature
Expanded opportunities for large numbers of immigrants
Increased the size, power, and cohesiveness of the middle class
Created a sector of organized workers within the lower class