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World Gazetteer Results for Zaraza:
NameZaraza
Geographical TypeLocality
Population41483
Latitude
Longitude
CountryVenezuela
Administrative DivisionGuárico
3rd Administrative DivisionMoselle
Dictionary Results for Venezuela:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Venezuela
    n 1: a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean;
         achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil [syn:
         Venezuela, Republic of Venezuela]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Venezuela

   Introduction Venezuela
   ----------------------
                            Background: Venezuela was one of the three
                                        countries that emerged from the
                                        collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830
                                        (the others being Colombia and
                                        Ecuador). For most of the first half
                                        of the 20th century, Venezuela was
                                        ruled by generally benevolent
                                        military strongmen, who promoted the
                                        oil industry and allowed for some
                                        social reforms. Democratically-
                                        elected governments have held sway
                                        since 1959. Current concerns
                                        include: an embattled president who
                                        is losing his once solid support
                                        among Venezuelans, a divided
                                        military, drug-related conflicts
                                        along the Colombian border,
                                        increasing internal drug
                                        consumption, overdependence on the
                                        petroleum industry with its price
                                        fluctuations, and irresponsible
                                        mining operations that are
                                        endangering the rain forest and
                                        indigenous peoples.
  
   Geography Venezuela
   -------------------
                              Location: Northern South America, bordering
                                        the Caribbean Sea and the North
                                        Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and
                                        Guyana
                Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 66 00 W
                        Map references: South America
                                  Area: total: 912,050 sq km
                                        land: 882,050 sq km
                                        water: 30,000 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of
                                        California
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,993 km
                                        border countries: Brazil 2,200 km,
                                        Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
                             Coastline: 2,800 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 15 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        continental shelf: 200-m depth or to
                                        the depth of exploitation
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                               Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate
                                        in highlands
                               Terrain: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo
                                        Lowlands in northwest; central
                                        plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in
                                        southeast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Pico Bolivar (La
                                        Columna) 5,007 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore,
                                        gold, bauxite, other minerals,
                                        hydropower, diamonds
                              Land use: arable land: 2.99%
                                        permanent crops: 0.96%
                                        other: 96.04% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 540 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: subject to floods, rockslides,
                                        mudslides; periodic droughts
          Environment - current issues: sewage pollution of Lago de
                                        Valencia; oil and urban pollution of
                                        Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation;
                                        soil degradation; urban and
                                        industrial pollution, especially
                                        along the Caribbean coast; threat to
                                        the rainforest ecosystem from
                                        irresponsible mining operations
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic Treaty,
                            agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life
                                        Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Marine
                                        Dumping
                      Geography - note: on major sea and air routes linking
                                        North and South America; Angel Falls
                                        in the Guiana Highlands is the
                                        world's highest waterfall
  
   People Venezuela
   ----------------
                            Population: 24,287,670 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.6% (male 3,955,132;
                                        female 3,710,159)
                                        15-64 years: 63.6% (male 7,756,362;
                                        female 7,695,738)
                                        65 years and over: 4.8% (male
                                        533,559; female 636,720) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.52% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 20.22 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.02 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 24.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.56 years
                                        female: 76.81 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 70.53 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.49% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 62,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 2,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Venezuelan(s)
                                        adjective: Venezuelan
                         Ethnic groups: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab,
                                        German, African, indigenous people
                             Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%,
                                        Protestant 2%, other 2%
                             Languages: Spanish (official), numerous
                                        indigenous dialects
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 91.1%
                                        male: 91.8%
                                        female: 90.3% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Venezuela
   --------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Bolivarian
                                        Republic of Venezuela
                                        conventional short form: Venezuela
                                        local short form: Venezuela
                                        local long form: Republica
                                        Bolivariana de Venezuela
                       Government type: federal republic
                               Capital: Caracas
              Administrative divisions: 23 states (estados, singular -
                                        estado), 1 federal district*
                                        (distrito federal), and 1 federal
                                        dependency** (dependencia federal);
                                        Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua,
                                        Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes,
                                        Delta Amacuro, Dependencias
                                        Federales**, Distrito Federal*,
                                        Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida,
                                        Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta,
                                        Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira,
                                        Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia
                                        note: the federal dependency
                                        consists of 11 federally controlled
                                        island groups with a total of 72
                                        individual islands
                          Independence: 5 July 1811 (from Spain)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 5 July (1811)
                          Constitution: 30 December 1999
                          Legal system: based on organic laws as of July
                                        1999; open, adversarial court
                                        system; has not accepted compulsory
                                        ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Hugo
                                        CHAVEZ Frias (since 3 February
                                        1999); Vice President Jose Vicente
                                        RANGEL (since 28 April 2002); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                                        head of government: President Hugo
                                        CHAVEZ Frias (since 3 February
                                        1999); Vice President Jose Vicente
                                        RANGEL (since 28 April 2002); note -
                                        the president is both the chief of
                                        state and head of government
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the president
                                        election results: Hugo CHAVEZ Frias
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - 60%
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a six-year term;
                                        election last held 30 July 2000
                                        (next to be held NA 2006)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or
                                        Asamblea Nacional (165 seats;
                                        members elected by popular vote to
                                        serve five-year terms; three seats
                                        reserved for the indigenous peoples
                                        of Venezuela)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - pro-
                                        government 108 (MVR 92, MAS 6,
                                        indigenous 3, other 7), opposition
                                        57 (AD 33, COPEI 6, Justice First 5,
                                        other 13)
                                        elections: last held 30 July 2000
                                        (next to be held NA 2005)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Tribunal of Justice or
                                        Tribuna Suprema de Justicia
                                        (magistrates are elected by the
                                        National Assembly for a single 12-
                                        year term)
         Political parties and leaders: Democratic Action or AD [Claudio
                                        FERMIN]; Fifth Republic Movement or
                                        MVR [Garcia PONCE]; Homeland for All
                                        or PPT [Jose ALBORNIZ]; Justice
                                        First [Julio BORGES]; Movement
                                        Toward Socialism or MAS [Hector
                                        MUJICA]; National Convergence or
                                        Convergencia [Juan Jose CALDERA];
                                        Radical Cause or La Causa R [Antonio
                                        HERRERA]; Social Christian Party or
                                        COPEI [Oswaldo ALVAREZ Paz];
                                        Venezuela Project or PV [Henrique
                                        SALAS Romer]
          Political pressure groups and FEDECAMARAS, a conservative business
                               leaders: group; VECINOS groups; Venezuelan
                                        Confederation of Workers or CTV
                                        (labor organization dominated by the
                                        Democratic Action)
             International organization CAN, Caricom (observer), CCC, CDB,
                         participation: ECLAC, FAO, G-3, G-15, G-19, G-24,
                                        G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
                                        ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
                                        ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS,
                                        OPANAL, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, RG, UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
                                        UNIKOM, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
                                        WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
                                        Designate Roy CHADERTON Matos
                                        chancery: 1099 30th Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20007
                                        consulate(s) general: Boston,
                                        Chicago, Houston, Miami, New
                                        Orleans, New York, San Francisco,
                                        and San Juan (Puerto Rico)
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 342-6820
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 342-2214
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Charles
                                    US: SHAPIRO
                                        embassy: Calle F con Calle Suapure,
                                        Urbanizacion Colinas de Valle
                                        Arriba, Caracas 1080
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 62291,
                                        Caracas 1060-A; APO AA 34037
                                        telephone: [58] (0212) 975-9234,
                                        975-6411
                                        FAX: [58] (0212) 975-8991
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        yellow (top), blue, and red with the
                                        coat of arms on the hoist side of
                                        the yellow band and an arc of seven
                                        white five-pointed stars centered in
                                        the blue band
  
   Economy Venezuela
   -----------------
                    Economy - overview: The petroleum sector dominates the
                                        economy, accounting for roughly a
                                        third of GDP, around 80% of export
                                        earnings, and more than half of
                                        government operating revenues.
                                        Venezuelan officials estimate that
                                        GDP grew by 2.7% in 2001. A strong
                                        rebound in international oil prices
                                        fueled the recovery from the steep
                                        recession in 1999. Nevertheless, a
                                        weak nonoil sector and capital
                                        flight - and a temporary fall in oil
                                        prices - undercut the recovery. In
                                        early 2002, President CHAVEZ changed
                                        the exchange rate regime from a
                                        crawling peg to a free floating
                                        exchange rate, causing the bolivar
                                        to depreciate significantly.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $146.2
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.7% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $6,100
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5%
                                        industry: 40%
                                        services: 55% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 67% (1997 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 1.6%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 37.6% (1997)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 48.8 (1997)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.3% (2001)
                           Labor force: 9.9 million (1999)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 64%, industry 23%,
                                        agriculture 13% (1997 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 14.1% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $21.5 billion
                                        expenditures: $27 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2000
                                        est.)
                            Industries: petroleum, iron ore mining,
                                        construction materials, food
                                        processing, textiles, steel,
                                        aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 80.754 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 22.87%
                                        hydro: 77.13%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 75.101 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice,
                                        bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
                                        pork, milk, eggs; fish
                               Exports: $29.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: petroleum, bauxite and aluminum,
                                        steel, chemicals, agricultural
                                        products, basic manufactures
                    Exports - partners: US 60%, Brazil 5.5%, Colombia 3.5%,
                                        Italy 3.5%, Spain 3.4% (2000)
                               Imports: $18.4 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: raw materials, machinery and
                                        equipment, transport equipment,
                                        construction materials
                    Imports - partners: US 35.8%, Colombia 6.8%, Brazil
                                        4.5%, Germany 3.9%, Italy 3.9%
                                        (2000)
                       Debt - external: $34.5 billion (2000)
              Economic aid - recipient: $35 million with more assistance
                                        likely as a result of flooding
                                        (1999)
                              Currency: bolivar (VEB)
                         Currency code: VEB
                        Exchange rates: bolivares per US dollar - 761.225
                                        (January 2002), 723.666 (2001),
                                        679.960 (2000), 605.717 (1999),
                                        547.556 (1998), 488.635 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Venezuela
   ------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have
                                        been installed) (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 2 million (1998)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern and
                                        expanding
                                        domestic: domestic satellite system
                                        with 3 earth stations; recent
                                        substantial improvement in telephone
                                        service in rural areas; substantial
                                        increase in digitalization of
                                        exchanges and trunk lines;
                                        installation of a national
                                        interurban fiber-optic network
                                        capable of digital multimedia
                                        services
                                        international: 3 submarine coaxial
                                        cables; satellite earth stations - 1
                                        Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1
                                        PanAmSat; participating with
                                        Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
                                        in the construction of an
                                        international fiber-optic network
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 201, FM NA (20 in Caracas),
                                        shortwave 11 (1998)
                                Radios: 10.75 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters) (1997)
                           Televisions: 4.1 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ve
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)
                        Internet users: 950,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Venezuela
   ------------------------
                              Railways: total: 682 km
                                        standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge
  
                                        note: 248 km of the existing system
                                        are privately owned; passenger
                                        services are nonexistent; however, a
                                        National Railways Plan, intended to
                                        provide a significant railway
                                        system, has been initiated (2001)
                              Highways: total: 96,155 km
                                        paved: 32,308 km
                                        unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.)
                             Waterways: 7,100 km
                                        note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de
                                        Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
                             Pipelines: crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum
                                        products 480 km; natural gas 4,010
                                        km
                     Ports and harbors: Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La
                                        Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo,
                                        Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello,
                                        Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto
                                        Sucre, Punta Cardon
                       Merchant marine: total: 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 716,361 GRT/1,267,095 DWT
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Denmark 1, Greece 1,
                                        Italy 1, United Kingdom 1, United
                                        States 2 (2002 est.)
                                        ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 9,
                                        liquefied gas 3, passenger/cargo 1,
                                        petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll
                                        off 10, short-sea passenger 1
                              Airports: 372 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 124
                                        over 3,047 m: 5
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 59
                                        under 914 m: 17 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 248
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 97
                                        under 914 m: 140 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Venezuela
   ------------------
                     Military branches: National Armed Forces (Fuerzas
                                        Armadas Nacionales or FAN) includes
                                        Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas
                                        Terrestres or Ejercito), Naval
                                        Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada -
                                        including marines and Coast Guard),
                                        Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas or
                                        Aviacion), Armed Forces of
                                        Cooperation or National Guard
                                        (Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperacion or
                                        Guardia Nacional)
      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 6,647,718 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 4,786,849 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 246,185 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $934 million (FY99)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 0.9% (FY99)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Venezuela
   ------------------------------
              Disputes - international: claims all of Guyana west of the
                                        Essequibo (river); maritime boundary
                                        dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of
                                        Venezuela; several Caribbean states
                                        protest Venezuela's claim to Islas
                                        des Aves (Bird Islands), 565 km from
                                        Venezuelan mainland
                         Illicit drugs: small-scale illicit producer of
                                        opium and coca for the processing of
                                        opiates and coca derivatives;
                                        however, large quantities of
                                        cocaine, heroin, and marijuana
                                        transit the country from Colombia
                                        bound for US and Europe; important
                                        money-laundering center; active
                                        eradication program primarily
                                        targeting opium; increasing signs of
                                        drug-related activities by Colombian
                                        insurgents on border
  
                                       



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