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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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
borderedBy El Ávila National Park
callingCode +58
capitalOf Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
linked to: 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 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
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 Santiago (Saint James)
linked to: Saint James
nearMountain Cerro El Ávila
officialName Santiago de León de Caracas
linked to: Caracas
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
servedBy Simón Bolívar International Airport
shortName Caracas
subdivisionOf Capital District of Venezuela

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Latin America hasMajorCity Caracas
Managua hasSisterCity Caracas
Simón Bolívar birthPlace Caracas
Simón Bolívar educatedIn Caracas
Manuel Blum educatedAt Caracas
Manuel Blum placeOfBirth Caracas
José Martí residence Caracas
Venezuela capital Caracas
Venezuela largestCity Caracas
Carolina Herrera placeOfBirth Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Santiago Cabrera placeOfBirth Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Caracas officialName Santiago de León de Caracas
linked to: Caracas
Caracas shortName Caracas
ALBA headquartersLocation Caracas
Andean Development Corporation headquartersLocation Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Fundación Celarg locatedIn Caracas
Omar Vizquel placeOfBirth Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Hugo Chávez deathPlace Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Nicolás Maduro placeOfBirth Caracas
Rómulo Gallegos placeOfBirth Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Rómulo Gallegos placeOfDeath Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Rómulo Gallegos workLocation Caracas, Venezuela
linked to: Caracas
Aix-en-Provence twinTown Caracas
Simón Bolívar placeOfBirth Caracas
subject linked to: Simón
Arca placeOfBirth Caracas
President of Venezuela seat Caracas