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1 Welcome to Venezuela! By: Meghana

2 Fast Facts: The Venezuelan Flag: Caracas is the capital of Venezuela and is the largest city in the country! Caracas is the capital of Venezuela and is the largest city in the country! The currency used is Bolívar Fuerte The official language is Spanish The area is 353,841 sq miles The name “Venezuela” is Spanish for “little Venice” About 29 million people live in Venezuela! Venezuela is republic.

3 Angel Falls The Amazon Canaima National Park Lake Maracaibo

4 5 Interesting Facts Women who win Miss Universe and Miss World are often from Venezuela. The first European to discover Venezuela was Christopher Columbus. Lake Maracaibo of Venezuela is regarded as the largest lake in South America. Venezuela was the largest oil exporter in the world in the early twentieth century. Venezuela means “Little Venice”.

5 National Holidays January 1: Año Nuevo/New Year April 19: Declaration of Independence May 1: Día de los Trabajadores/Labor Day June 24: Batalla de Carabobo July 5: Dia de la Independencia/Independence Day July 24: Birthday of Simon Bolivar October 12: Dia de la Raza/Columbus Day December 25: Navidad/Christmas

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7 5 Famous People Simon Bolivar Hugo Chavez Oscar D'León Luis AparicioMajandra Delfino

8 Climate

9 Agriculture Cane sugar Corn Rice Sorghum

10 10 QUESTIONS 1.This whole project was on the country Venezuela. 2.About 29 million people live in Venezuela. 3.The world’s smallest waterfall is Angel Falls. 4.A famous person from Venezuela is Oscar Delfino. 5.There are only 2 main religions in Venezuela. 6.Sugarcane is made in Venezuela. 7.Cane sugar is made in Venezuela. 8.Venezuela means “Grand Venice”, because it is a bigger version of Venice. 9.The official language of Venezuela is Latin. 10.The highest temperature in Venezuela was 90 degrees in March.

11 The End!


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