News Articles for "Caracas"
New app helping Venezuelans find scarce items
Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thank...
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Gunfire at Caracas strip club hurts 2 US officials
Two officials from the U.S. Embassy suffered gunshot wounds early Tuesday during an altercation at a strip club in Venezuela's crime-ridden capital, polic...
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Search Results for "Caracas"
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| Nickname(s): La Sultana del Ávila (The Avila's Sultana) La Sucursal del Cielo (Heaven's Branch on Earth) "La Ciudad de la Eterna Primavera" (The City of Eternal Spring) |
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| Motto: Ave María Purísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural | |||
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| Coordinates: 10°30′N 66°55′W / 10.500°N 66.917°WCoordinates: 10°30′N 66°55′W / 10.500°N 66.917°W | |||
| Country |  Venezuela |
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| State | Venezuelan Capital District Miranda |
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| Municipality | Libertador | ||
| Founded | 25 July 1567 | ||
| Founder | Diego de Losada | ||
| Metropolitan | Municipalities: Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, El Hatillo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Body | Government of the Capital District / Mayorship of the Metropolitan District | ||
| • Chief of Government / Mayor | Jacqueline Faría / Antonio Ledezma | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 433 km2 (167 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,930 km2 (750 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) | ||
| Population (2011)[1] | |||
| • City | 1,943,901 | ||
| • Density | 4,489.3/km2 (11,627/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 3,672,058 | ||
| • Metro density | 3,584.7/km2 (9,284/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | caraqueño (m), caraqueña (f) | ||
| Time zone | VST (UTC−04:30) | ||
| Postal code | 1010-A | ||
| Area code | 212 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | VE-A | ||
| Website | Capital District Metropolitan District | ||
| The area and population figures are the sum of the figures of the five municipalities (listed above) that make up the Distrito Metropolitano. | |||
