Venezuela
With a
latitude and longitude of 9 degrees North and 66 degrees west and many
religious celebrations being one of the misconceptions, Venezuela is the sixth
most populous country in Latin America. Even though Venezuela has a population
of 26,023,528this country has good food like street hot dogs and people are
friendly. Venezuelans are characterized by their outgoing personalities. The
second misconception is that Venezuela has too many political issues and
finally the third is that they don’t have transportation due to their mountain ranges.
Some of the pollutions there is in Venezuela is the sewage and oil pollution. One
of the most important facts about Venezuela is that the independence is July 5th.
The flag of Venezuela is rectangular with three horizontal stripes of equal
with yellow blue, and red. In the center of the blue stripe there are seven stars
in the form of an arc that represent the seven original provinces that declared
the independence and also the coat of arms has been added to the upper left
corner of the flag. (http://www.questconnect.org/sa_venezuela.htm ) Venezuelans have a life expectancy of 73 years. In the
following I will talk about the Location, Place, Movement and Regions of
Venezuela.
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To start off with location Venezuela is located in the
Northern of South America. Some major cities of this country are: Maracaibo,
Valencia, Barquisimeto, Maracay Merica, and Ciudad Bolivar. Some of the major landforms
are the Guina Highlands and the Llanos. The Guiana Highlands are about over
1,000 miles in length and they stretch from southern Venezuela to Northern
border of Brazil. Llano is a very fertile plain located in eastern and Central
and southern of Venezuela. (http://www.flightshotelstours.com/world-travel-destinations/venezuela-tours/tourist-attractions/ ) One of the most popular music in Venezuela is the
Llanero music which is a rural type of music. Another style of music that is
popular is the Gaita style but it is only played during Christmas seasons. This
type of music was introduced by Africans that migrated to Venezuela and usually
the themes of these songs are ranges from human to love. Finally one of the
last types of music is the Fusion music and was created by artists by mixing rumba,
Latin jazz, and salsa. Most of Venezuela’s music styles were imported from other
places like Trinidad and Cuba.(http://40vacations.com/venezuela/culture.php)
Source: (http://crln.org/files/images/Venezuela%20Map.jpg)
Second of all place, the area of Venezuela is 912,050 square Km. Venezuela has a population of 26,023,528. Each year Venezuela has a population of growth of one percent. For the most part the population religion has a 96 percent of catholic, two percent protestant and two percent of other. The nationality is Venezuelan(s) and the main language is Spanish but there are also some who speak Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German and Indigenous. Venezuela’s natural resources are: Petroleum, Natural gas, Ironed ore, Gold, Bauxite, Hydropower and diamonds. The climate of Venezuela is tropical to temperate but it varies depending on the elevation. Venezuela has a 67% of Mestizo which is a mixture of European and Indian, two percent white, ten percent black and Amerindian with two percent. Venezuelans have three main meals which start off with a large breakfast, a large dinner around noontime and a very light supper in the evening. Some of the most popular foods in Venezuela are Empanadas which are deep fried pasties, Chachapas that is like a pancake/crepe dish filled with cheese, ham, or bacon. Venezuela does not have a very well education provided since only 20-30% of Venezuelans population goes through obtaining a university degree. Venezuela provides free education through twelve grades for all its population. Most of Venezuelans live under nuclear families which are both parents and siblings.
Movement is very important in Venezuela since most of the population lives in the coast of Venezuela. Most of the key trading in Venezuela is from Brazil, China, Columbia and Mexico. Venezuela’s economic development has been slow to the communications and transportation due to their Mountain ranges. Another misconception is that because of their mountain ranges they don’t have transportation but, most of their stuff is transported by ship but know their president Hugo Chaves has announced The National Railway Development Plan which entails railway lines through the nation which was proposed in March 2009. Most of the holidays and traditions in Venezuela are very religious according to one of the misconceptions. Really the month of December and January are the only months that Christmas is celebrated and is a religious holiday. Christmas begins with the religious celebrations since the 16th of December with masses every morning until December 24th with a religious service at midnight called Misa de Gallo. During the Christmas celebration they put up a nacimiento which is a “Nativity Scene”. Also January sixth is the day of Reyes Magos which is translated to the three wise kings and children receive toys and candies.(http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-Venezuela.htm)
Region is also one of the most important places and terms since the political life is very popular in one of the misconception of Venezuela. In 1999 colonel Hugo Chavez Frias was overwhelmingly voted into office as Venezuelans president. There are two main political parties and they are the social Christian and the left-leaning democratic action. Venezuela’s military includes an estimated eight thousand members divided into army, navy and air force. Men occupy most important political, economic social and religious positions in Venezuela so not everybody is engaged in the political life. Skyscrapers and a fountain in the plaza are located in Venezuela, Caracas. Some of the most popular tourist destinations in the world are the Andes Mountains, La Gran Sabana located in one of the biggest national parks of Venezuela, the Margarita Island which has a very pleasant climate and finally the Fashion Hub known for their fashion trend.(http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/Venezuela.html)
Venezuela is another country with a beautiful nature and a great place to visit also. The Venezuelans have a special way to greet someone which is woman giving two kisses one on each cheek even if is their first time meeting to either men or woman. Men only greet woman with a kiss and not men to men. Venezuela has a unique meaning to the colors of the Venezuelans flag. The yellow strands stand for the richness of the Venezuelan earth, blue stands for the immense sea separating Venezuela from Spain, and finally red stands for the blood that was spilled in the battles for independence. Its nature is incredible having 351 species of mammals, 341 reptiles, and 284 species of amphibians. Venezuela’s national bird is the Turpial. The national flower is the Flor De Mayo which is translated to May flower. Also the national tree is the Araguaney. The Andes Mountains is the home to the endangered South American bear plus many other birds too.
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