Caracas
capital and largest city of Venezuela
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Summary
Caracas is a city[1]. Caracas ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,769 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Libertador Municipality[3]
- Country: Venezuela[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Guaire River[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], largest city[7], federal capital[8], administrative territorial entity[9]
- Founder: Diego de Losada[10]
- Twinned administrative body: San Francisco[11], Algiers[12], Laayoune[13], La Paz[14], Managua[15], Montevideo[16], San Salvador[17], Vigo[18], Ecatepec de Morelos[19], Santiago de Querétaro[20], Melilla[21], Aveiro[22], Adeje[23], Paita[24]
- Postal code: 1010-A[25]
- Commons category: Caracas[26]
- Local dialing code: 212[27]
- Inception: July 25, 1567[28]
- Coordinate location: 10.50611111111111, -66.91444444444444[29]
- Official website: https://www.gdc.gob.ve[30], https://www.caracas.gob.ve/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Caracas[32]
- Commons gallery: Caracas[33]
- Population: 1,943,901[34], 2,245,744[35]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The Catholic Encyclopedia[40], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[41]
- Capital of: Venezuela[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Caracas include Simón Bolívar International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in Venezuela[45] and Caracas-Óscar Machado Zuloaga airport[46], an airport[47], in Venezuela[48].
Why It Matters
Caracas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Caracas is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for Caracas include Simón Bolívar International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in Venezuela[45] and Caracas-Óscar Machado Zuloaga airport[46], an airport[47], in Venezuela[48].