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 Ruiz Pineda 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. 1682, dated March 7, 1974, but only open to the public from July 31, 1977.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ruiz Pineda is a Caracas Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on October 4th 1987 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 from La Paz to and , on the branch leading to Las Adjuntas. The station is between and Las Adjuntas.

Metro station
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
Carapita 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caracas and 23 de Enero.

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
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is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality west of the city of , . The parish receives its name from the date of the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état which overthrew dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

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

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Distrito Federal” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Distrikti i Kryeqytetit”
  • Amharic: “联邦地区”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة العاصمة”
  • Aragonese: “Destrito Capital”
  • Aragonese: “Districto Capital”
  • Aragonese: “Distrito Capital”
  • Azerbaijani: “Federal Məhəllə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karakas paytaxt dairəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічная акруга Венесуэлы”
  • Belarusian: “Сталічная акруга”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная акруга Венесуэлы”
  • Belarusian: “Федэральная акруга”
  • Bengali: “কেপিটাল জেলা”
  • Bengali: “ফেডারেল 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: “Bundesbezirk”
  • German: “Distrito Capital”
  • German: “Hauptstadtdistrikt”
  • Greek: “Κάπιταλ Ντίστρικτ”
  • Gujarati: “કેપિટલ જિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Federal District”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Distrik Federal”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾಪಿಟಲ್ ಡಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಕ್ಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Федералдык Аудандысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Федералдык Округ”
  • Korean: “베네수엘라 수도 지구”
  • Korean: “수도 지구”
  • Ladino: “Distrito Kapital”
  • Latvian: “Federālais distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Sostinės apygarda”
  • Lithuanian: “Venesuelos sostinės apygarda”
  • Malay: “Capital District”
  • Malay: “Distrik Federal”
  • Marathi: “राजधानी जिल्हा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Distrito Capital”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hovedstad”
  • Oromo: “Distrikti Federal”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੰਘੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Distrito Kapital”
  • Persian: “بخش کاپیتال (ونزوئلا)”
  • Persian: “بخش کاپیتال”
  • Persian: “حوزه فدرال”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Capital”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Stołeczny”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito Capital”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito Federal”
  • Pushto: “فدرال ولایت”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Degmada Federal”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Capital”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Federal”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Shirikisho”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsdistrikt”
  • Swedish: “Venezuelas huvudstadsdistrikt”
  • Swedish: “Venozelanska huvudstadsdistriktet”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Иттиҳодӣ”
  • Tamil: “கேப்பிடல் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Башкала округы”
  • Tatar: “Федераль Районы”
  • 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”
  • Uzbek: “Federal Distrikti”
  • 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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