Caracas
Caracas is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, in northern Venezuela, near the Caribbean. Venezuela’s urban spirit can be discovered mainly from understanding Caracas, 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.
- City with about 2,250,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 920 metres (3,020 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code CCS
- …is abbreviated as “CCS”
- Description: capital and largest city of Venezuela
- Also known as“Carracas”“CCS”“Santiago de León de Caracas”
- Established: July 25, 1567
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miraflores Palace and National Pantheon.
Miraflores Palace
Government office
The Miraflores Palace is the official dispatch and head office of the president of Venezuela.
National Pantheon
The National Pantheon of Venezuela is a final resting place for national heroes.
Bolívar Square
Bolívar Square in Caracas is one of the most important and recognized Venezuelan public spaces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 23 de Enero and Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda.
Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda
Urbanizacion Francisco de Miranda is a neighborhood.
Caracas
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
10.5061° or 10° 30′ 22″ north
Longitude
-66.9146° or 66° 54′ 53″ west
UN/LOCODE
VE CCS
Open location code
772MG34P+C5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Caracas” goes by many names.
КаракасAbkhazian
CaracasAfrikaans
KarakasAlbanian
ካራካስAmharic
كاراكاسArabic
كراكاسArabic
CaracasAragonese
ԿարակասArmenian
CaraquesAsturian
CaracasAymara
KarakasAzerbaijani
CaracasBalinese
Кара́касBashkir
CaracasBasque
КаракасBelarusian
কারাকাসBengali
काराकसBhojpuri
CaracasBislama
CaracasBosnian
CaracasBreton
КаракасBulgarian
ကရာကက်စ်မြို့Burmese
CaracasCatalan
CaracasCebuano
CaracasCentral Bikol
کاراکاسCentral Kurdish
Ciudad de CaracasChavacano
КаракасChechen
CaracasCheyenne
加拉加斯Chinese
卡拉卡斯Chinese
КаракасChuvash
CaracasCorsican
KarakasCrimean Tatar
CaracasCroatian
CaracasCzech
CaracasDanish
Santiago de León de CaracasDanish
KarakasDimli (individual language)
CaracasDutch
كاراكاسEgyptian Arabic
KarakasoEsperanto
KarakoEsperanto
Santiago de Leono de KarakasoEsperanto
CaracasEstonian
CaracasExtremaduran
CaracasFiji Hindi
CaracasFijian
CaracasFinnish
CaracasGalician
კარაკასიGeorgian
𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍃Gothic
ΚαράκαςGreek
CaracasGuarani
KarákaGuarani
કારાકાસGujarati
KarakasHaitian
CaracasHakka Chinese
KarakasHausa
קראקסHebrew
काराकासHindi
CaracasHungarian
KarakasIcelandic
CaracasIdo
CaracasIloko
CaracasIndonesian
CaracasInterlingua
CaracasInterlingue
CaracasIrish
CaracasItalian
カラカスJapanese
CaracasJavanese
CaracasKabyle
CaracasKalaallisut
ಕರಾಕಸ್Kannada
KarakasKara-Kalpak
کاراکاسKashmiri
КаракасKazakh
CaracasKinyarwanda
КаракасKirghiz
카라카스Korean
CaracasKotava
CaracasKurdish
KarakasKurdish
CaracasLadino
KarakasLadino
ກາຣາກັສLao
CaracaeLatin
KarakasaLatvian
Santjago de Leona de KarakasaLatvian
CaracasLigurian
CaracasLingua Franca Nova
KarakasasLithuanian
KarakasLivvi
CaracasLombard
CaracasLuxembourgish
CaracasMacedo-Romanian
КаракасMacedonian
CaracasMalagasy
CaracasMalay
കാരക്കാസ്Malayalam
CaracasMaltese
काराकासMarathi
کاراکاسMazanderani
CaracasMin Dong Chinese
CaracasMin Nan Chinese
CaracasMinangkabau
კარაკასიMingrelian
CaracasMirandese
КаракасMoksha
КаракасMongolian
كاراكاسMoroccan Arabic
CaracasNauru
काराकसNepali
CaracasNorthern Frisian
کاراکاسNorthern Luri
CaracasNorthern Sami
CaracasNorwegian
CaracasNorwegian Bokmål
CaracasNorwegian Nynorsk
KarakasNovial
CaracasOccitan (post 1500)
Santiago de León de CaracasOccitan (post 1500)
CaræcaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କାରାକାସOriya
КаракасOssetian
CaracasPangasinan
ਕਾਰਾਕਾਸPanjabi
CaracasPapiamento
کاراکاسPersian
CaracasPicard
CaracasPiemontese
CaracasPitcairn-Norfolk
CaracasPolish
کاراکاسPushto
CaracasQuechua
KarakasQuechua
CaracasRomanian
CaracasRomansh
CaracasRundi
КаракасRussian
Сантьяго-де-Леон-де-КаракасRussian
CaracasSango
ᱠᱟᱨᱟᱠᱟᱥSantali
CaracasSardinian
CaracasSaterfriesisch
CaracasScots
Santiago de León de CaracasScots
CaracasScottish Gaelic
КаракасSerbian
Сантијаго де Леон де КаракасSerbian
CaracasSerbo-Croatian
CaracasShona
CaracasSicilian
CaracasSilesian
ڪاراڪاسSindhi
කැරකස්Sinhala
CaracasSlovak
CaracasSlovenian
Santiago de León de CaracasSlovenian
CaracasSwahili
CaracasSwedish
CaracasSwiss German
CaracasTagalog
CaracasTahitian
КаракасTajik
KarakasTalysh
கராகஸ்Tamil
КаракасTatar
కరాకస్Telugu
KarakasTetum
การากัสThai
ཁ་ར་ཁ་སིTibetan
ሳንትያጎ ደ ለዮን ደ ካራካስTigrinya
ካራካስTigrinya
KarakasTok Pisin
CaracasTurkish
KarakasTurkish
KarakasTurkmen
Ka̱rakatTyap
Santiago de Leon de CaracasTyap
КаракасUdmurt
KarakasUighur
КаракасUkrainian
CaracasUpper Sorbian
کاراکاسUrdu
کراکسUrdu
KarakasUzbek
CaracasVenetian
KarakasVeps
CaracasVietnamese
CaracasVlaams
CaracasVlax Romani
CaracasVolapük
CaracasWaray (Philippines)
KaraakaWayuu
CaracasWelsh
ՔարաքասWestern Armenian
CaracasWestern Frisian
KarakasWestern Frisian
کراکسWestern Panjabi
CaracasWolof
加拉加斯Wu Chinese
קאראקאסYiddish
CaracasYoruba
卡拉卡斯Yue Chinese
CaracasZeeuws
CaracasZhuang
i-CaracasZulu
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Silencio and Altagracia.
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.”
Central: Highlights
Learn more about Valencia and Maracay.
