Caracas

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Caracas is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, known as a major political, cultural, and economic center in northern South America.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Caracas, Venezuela 3
Santiago de León de Caracas 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
borderedBy El Ávila National Park
callingCode +58
capitalOf Venezuela
surface form: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
capitalType national capital
climate tropical savanna climate
continent South America
country Venezuela
currency Venezuelan bolívar
demographicsLabel Caracas residents are called caraqueños
elevation approximately 900 meters above sea level
foundedBy Diego de Losada
foundingDate 1567
hasDistrict Municipality of Libertador
surface form: Libertador Municipality
hasGovernmentBody Metropolitan District of Caracas
Municipality of Libertador
hasInternationalAirport Simón Bolívar International Airport
hasLandmark Caracas Cathedral
National Pantheon of Venezuela
Parque Central Complex
Plaza Bolívar
Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
hasPublicTransportSystem Caracas Metro
hasRiver Guaire River NERFINISHED
hasSportsTeam Caracas Fútbol Club
Leones del Caracas
hasUniversity Central University of Venezuela
Simón Bolívar University
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
historicalEvent site of the 1812 Caracas earthquake
isCapitalOf Venezuela
isCulturalCenterOf Venezuela
isEconomicCenterOf Venezuela
isLargestCityOf Venezuela
isPoliticalCenterOf Venezuela
languageUsed Spanish
locatedInRegion northern South America
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00
locatedInValley Caracas Valley
locatedNearMountainRange Cordillera de la Costa Central
namedAfter Saint James
surface form: Santiago (Saint James)
nearMountain Cerro El Ávila
officialName Caracas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Santiago de León de Caracas
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
servedBy Simón Bolívar International Airport
shortName Caracas self-link
subdivisionOf Capital District of Venezuela

Referenced by (22)

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Simón Bolívar birthPlace Caracas
Venezuela capital Caracas
Manuel Blum educatedAt Caracas
Simón Bolívar educatedIn Caracas
Latin America hasMajorCity Caracas
Managua hasSisterCity Caracas
ALBA headquartersLocation Caracas
this entity surface form: Caracas, Venezuela
Venezuela largestCity Caracas
Caracas officialName Caracas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Santiago de León de Caracas
this entity surface form: Caracas, Venezuela
Manuel Blum placeOfBirth Caracas
this entity surface form: Caracas, Venezuela
José Martí residence Caracas
Caracas shortName Caracas self-link