VENEZUELA

BY: ROMEL MORA

SANTIAGO MORENO
• Venezuela is located in the northern part of South America,
over Ecuador, and west of the Greenwich meridian.
• Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 km2
• Estimated population around 33,221,865.
• Venezuela borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the
east, Brazil to the south, and Caribbean sea to the north
with caribbean islands such as Trinidad and
Tobago,Grenada, Curaçao, Aruba, and the Leeward
Antilles lie near the Venezuelan coast.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
1) Los Roques archipielago.

Beautiful beach to rest in holidays,

near to Caracas. At north of Venezuela

places to visit
2) Mount Roraima

Located at Bolivar state, at south of

Venezuela, is the highest Tepui in
South America.
Elevation: 2810 mts
Surface: 31Km2

places to visit
 • 3) Angel falls

Located at Bolivar state over the Auyantepuy

mountain in the canaima national park.
Height: 979mts

places to visit
 • 4) Sierra nevada

Is the highest mountain range in the

largest massif in Venezuela
Ubicated at Cordillera de Mérida in the
Andes mountains
Elevation: 4,981 mts

places to visit
• 1)Angel falls is the world's highest uninterrupted
waterfall, with a height of 979 m, and a UNESCO World
Heritage site.
• Angel Falls also inspired the setting of
the Disney animated film Up although, in the film, the
location was called Paradise Falls instead of Angel falls

Facts about the Country

• 2) Amuay refinery complex: one of the biggest refinery
complex in the world, and the biggest in America.
• Produces 670k oil barrels per day.

Facts about the Country

• 3) Venezuela is the country with the largest number of
beauty queens with seven Miss Universe, five Miss
World, and six Miss International.
• Venezuela is the only country to crown two consecutive
Miss Universe, so they have a Guinness record

Facts about the Country

• Venezuela oficial language: Spanish
• “Cotufa”: from Corn to fry, is the same if you say pop
corn.
• “Becerro”: inofensive insult like jackass
• “musiu”: from the french word monsieur, means
gentleman.
• “ladilla”: when somethings gets boring or tedious.
• “Catira”: blondie girl
• “Chamo”: young boy or friend.
• “burda”: a lot of

Words to learn
• 1) Pastor Maldonado: is a Venezuelan racing driver,
currently competing in Formula One for Lotus F1.

Interesting characters
• 2) Rómulo Gallego: Venezuelan novelist and politician.
• He wrote:
• El Último Solar
• La Trepadora
• Doña Barbara
• Pobre Negro
• He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960
• The Rómulo Gallegos international novel prize was created
in his honor in 1964

Interesting characters
• Jacinto Convit: Venezuelan physician and scientist,
known for developing a vaccine in an attempt to
fight leprosy and Leishmaniasis.

Interesting characters
• Édgar Ramiréz: Venezuelan actor, is the only venezuelan
actor in Hollywood. Ramírez won at the 2012 ALMA
Awards for Ares in Wrath of the Titans. He was
nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award

He was born in San Cristóbal,

Táchira, Venezuela
Thank you…! 