Caracas

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Caracas

Total population

3,523,959

Coordinates10.51°, -66.91°

Demographic figures from INE Venezuela. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of Venezuela, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range. The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the shore by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200-foot) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila. To the south there are more hills and mountains that form the valley. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of over 5 million inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.