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Caracas
City
Santiago de León de Caracas
Flag of Caracas
Flag
Coat of arms of Caracas
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
La Sultana del Ávila (The Avila's Sultana)
La Sucursal del Cielo (Heaven's Branch on Earth)
Country Venezuela
State Venezuelan Capital District
Miranda
Municipality Libertador
Founded 25 July 1567
Founded by Diego de Losada
Metropolitan Municipalities: Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, El Hatillo
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 • Body Alcaldía Metropolitana de Caracas
Area
 • Metro
1,930 km2 (750 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Density 1,431.5/km2 (3,708/sq mi)
 • Metro
5,196,514
Demonym(s) caraqueño (m), caraqueña (f)
Time zone UTC-04:30 (VST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-04:30 (not observed)

Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. Santiago de Leòn de Losada founded the city in 1567. It is where Simon Bolivar was born. The city has nearly 6 million people, who live in the metropolitan area. Caracas is the center of the economical activity of the country and also hosts the main government offices of Venezuela.

After WW2 the city has experienced a huge growth, thanks to the oil revenues of the country. Nearly half a million Europeans immigrated to the city in the 1950s ( that had in those years only one million inhabitants) and so Caracas developed a typical western-European look in the new modern areas.

Sports

All the best teams of the sports done in Venezuela are concentrated in the metropolitan area of Caracas. Between those teams we have:

Famous sites

  • Avila National Park
  • Humbolt Tramway
  • Simon Bolivar Birthplace
  • Caracas Cathedral
  • Bolivar Square
  • Altamira Square
  • East Park
  • Los Proceres
  • Parque Central
  • Centro Comercial Tamanaco
  • Sambil Mall

Buildings

Many beautiful modern buildings can be seen in the city. Here there are some of them:

Joseph Thomas 1839 000
Caracas in a 1840 painting
  • Torre de Parque Central.JPG - Parque Central
  • Não ao capitalismo, Chávez! (4143236527).jpg - Plaza Venezuela Buildings
  • - Casa de Italia
  • Plaza Francia e inmediaciones (Altamira) 2013 012.jpg - Torre Britanica
  • La Previsora 2012.jpg - Torre La Previsora

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See also

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