General Information

Official name:                    The Bolivar Republic of Venezuela

Capital:                                Caracas

Extent:                                 912 050 square kilometres

Population number:         25 017 387 ( 2004)

Official language:              Spanish

Main religion:                    Roman Catholic (93,1%), Protestants (1,1%), without any confession (3,1%)

Time:                                  Central European Time - 4 hours