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Venezuela

Distrito Federal

The Capital District is a federal district of . It has an area of 433 km2 and there is only one administrative division, Libertador, which contains about half of , the Venezuelan capital city, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela.
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  • Type: State with 2,100,000 residents
  • Description: federal district of Venezuela, containing the national capital city, Caracas
  • Also known as: “Capital District”, “Distrito Capital”, and “Federal District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caricuao Zoo and Antímano station.

Zoo
Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parque Zoológico Caricuao is a zoo in , in the Parish of located in the southwest region of the city. The park was created by Decree No.

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Antímano is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 4 October 1987 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 from La Paz to and . The station is between and .

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Mamera is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 4 October 1987 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 from La Paz to and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caracas and Ciudad Caribia.

Photo: Gabriela Camaton, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital and largest city of , in northern Venezuela, near the . Venezuela’s urban spirit can be discovered mainly from understanding , its capital city, a busy metropolis famous for its food, cultural diversity, and perfect climate, thanks to the unique combination of a high elevation and proximity to the Caribbean Sea.

Suburb
is a planned community in , located to the west of .

Suburb
is a district of , . It is part of Libertador municipality. According to a 2007 estimate of the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, it had a population of 150,971 people in 2007.

Distrito Federal

Latitude
10.4658° or 10° 27′ 57″ north
Longitude
-66.995° or 66° 59′ 42″ west
Population
2,100,000
Elevation
1,142 metres (3,747 feet)
Abbreviation
“D.F.”
Open location code
772MF284+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13243227159
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3640847
Wiki­data ID
Q492791
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Distrito Federal” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Distrikti i Kryeqytetit”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة العاصمة”
  • Aragonese: “Destrito Capital”
  • Aragonese: “Districto Capital”
  • Aragonese: “Distrito Capital”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karakas paytaxt dairəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічная акруга Венесуэлы”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічная акруга”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная акруга Венесуэлы”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная акруга”
  • Bengali: “কেপিটাল জেলা”
  • Breton: “Distrig ar Gêr-benn”
  • Catalan: “Districte Capital”
  • Cebuano: “Distrito Capital”
  • Chinese: “联邦区”
  • Chinese: “聯邦區”
  • Chinese: “首都區”
  • Croatian: “Caracas”
  • Czech: “Distrikt hlavního města”
  • Danish: “Capital District”
  • Dutch: “Distrito Capital”
  • Dutch: “Hoofdstedelijk District”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefurba distrikto de Venezuelo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefurba distrikto”
  • Finnish: “Pääkaupunkialue”
  • Finnish: “Venezuelan pääkaupunkialue”
  • French: “District capitale de Caracas”
  • French: “District de la capitale”
  • French: “Distrito Capital”
  • Galician: “Distrito Capital”
  • Georgian: “ვენესუელის ფედერალური ოლქი”
  • Georgian: “ფედერალური ოლქი”
  • German: “Distrito Capital”
  • German: “Hauptstadtdistrikt”
  • Greek: “Κάπιταλ Ντίστρικτ”
  • Gujarati: “કેપિટલ જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הבירה של ונצואלה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז הבירה”
  • Hindi: “कैपिटल जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Ibu Kota”
  • Indonesian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Italian: “Distretto Capitale”
  • Italian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Japanese: “首都地区”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಪಿಟಲ್ ಡಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಕ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “베네수엘라 수도 지구”
  • Korean: “수도 지구”
  • Ladino: “Distrito Kapital”
  • Latvian: “Federālais distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Sostinės apygarda”
  • Lithuanian: “Venesuelos sostinės apygarda”
  • Malay: “Capital District”
  • Marathi: “राजधानी जिल्हा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hovedstad”
  • Papiamento: “Distrito Kapital”
  • Persian: “بخش کاپیتال (ونزوئلا)”
  • Persian: “بخش کاپیتال”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Capital”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Stołeczny”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito Capital”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito Federal”
  • Romanian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Russian: “Столичный округ Венесуэлы”
  • Russian: “Столичный округ”
  • Russian: “Федеральный округ Венесуэлы”
  • Russian: “Федеральный округ”
  • Scots: “Caipital Destrict”
  • Scots: “Venezuelan Caipital District”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Caracas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Savezni distrikt”
  • Sinhala: “කැපිටල් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Capital”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Federal”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsdistrikt”
  • Swedish: “Venezuelas huvudstadsdistrikt”
  • Swedish: “Venozelanska huvudstadsdistriktet”
  • Tamil: “கேப்பிடல் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Башкала округы”
  • Telugu: “క్యాపిటల్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เมคเนส ทาฟิลาเลท”
  • Turkish: “Başkent Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Venezuela Başkent Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Столичний округ Венесуели”
  • Ukrainian: “Столичний округ”
  • Ukrainian: “Столичний район”
  • Urdu: “دارالحکومت ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Capital”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Distrito Capital han Venezuela”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Distrito Capital”
  • Wu Chinese: “首都区（委内瑞拉）”
  • Wu Chinese: “首都区”

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Localities in the Area

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