Caracas (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɾakas]), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital, the center of the Greater Caracas Area, and the largest city of Venezuela. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). Terrain suitable for building lies between 760 and 910 m (2,490 and 2,990 ft) above sea level.
Population: 3,000,000
Latitude: 10° 29' 16.84" N
Longitude: -66° 52' 45.08" W
The Battle of La Guaira or La Guayra, took place on 2 March 1743 in the Caribbean, off the coast of La Guaira, present day Venezuela. La Guaira was a port of the Royal Gipuzkoan Company of Caracas, whose ships had rendered great assistance to the Sp…
Sucre is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and one of the municipalities that make up the Metropolitan District of Caracas. According to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of St…
La Rinconada Hippodrome (Spanish: Hipódromo La Rinconada) is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing located in Coche, a neighborhood of south Caracas, Venezuela.
The Caracas Athenaeum (known in Spanish as the Ateneo de Caracas) is a cultural institution centred on the arts. It is currently located in Macaracuay, at the Southeast corner of Caracas, after having been expelled by the Bolivarian government from …
Estadio Brígido Iriarte is a multi-purpose stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Venezuelan Primera División team Real Esppor Club and two teams of the second tier league (Atlé…
Universidad Monteávila is a private, Roman Catholic - Opus Dei - University in Caracas, Venezuela, founded in 1998. Its education is humanities-based, offering majors in Law, Education, Business Administration and Social Communication.
Macuto is a city in Vargas state, Venezuela.
La Chiquinquirá Church (Spanish: Iglesia La Chiquinquirá) is a church in Caracas, Venezuela. La Chiquinquirá Church is the largest Catholic church in Caracas, located in a fortress-like building with a high tower. The church contains some notable st…
Banco del Libro is a non-profit organization for the promotion of children's literature, with headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela. It was established in 1960 as a centre for the exchange of textbooks – hence the name Banco del Libro (Book Bank). As i…
Paracotos is a town in the state of Miranda, Venezuela.
Araira is a town in the state of Miranda, Venezuela.
Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies (CELARG, Fundación Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos), is a Venezuelan government foundation that aims to study and promote Latin American culture, with emphasis on the life and wor…
The General Intelligence Office is the internal intelligence agency of Venezuela.
El Hatillo Town (Spanish: Pueblo de El Hatillo) is the seat of El Hatillo Municipality in Miranda, Venezuela.