La Gran Sabana
La Gran Sabana is a region in southeastern Venezuela, part of the Guianan savanna ecoregion. The savanna spreads into the regions of the Guiana Highlands and south-east into Bolívar State, extending further to the borders with Brazil and Guyana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Mount Roraima and Canaima National Park.
Mount Roraima
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Roraima is the highest tepuy on the triple border of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. It is around 2,800 m tall. Its name is derived from 'Roroi-ma,' which in Pemon means 'big blue-green.' The only way visitors can climb to the top is from the Gran Sabana side, in Venezuela.
Canaima National Park
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Canaima National Park is in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela, in the southern Bolivar State. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Santa Elena de Uairén
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Santa Elena de Uairén is a small frontier town in La Gran Sabana in Venezuela. It's home to several indigenous groups, and children are educated not only in Spanish but also Pemon, an indigenous language.
La Gran Sabana
- Type: Region
- Description: geographical region in southeastern Venezuela
- Also known as: “Gran Sabana”, “Gran Savanna”, and “Great Savannah”
- Categories: vegetational formation and locality
- Location: Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude of center
5.2815° or 5° 16′ 54″ northLongitude of center
-61.2145° or 61° 12′ 52″ westElevation
1,224 metres (4,016 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 9747183810OpenStreetMap feature
place=regionGeoNames ID
3637743Wikidata ID
Q1475482
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“La Gran Sabana” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গ্রান সাবানা”
- Chinese: “大萨瓦纳”
- Chinese: “格兰·萨瓦纳”
- Dutch: “Gran Sabana”
- French: “Gran Sabana”
- French: “La Gran Sabana”
- Galician: “Gran Sabana”
- Georgian: “გრან-საბანა”
- German: “Gran Sabana”
- German: “La Gran Sabana”
- Hindi: “ग्रान सबाना”
- Indonesian: “Sabana besar”
- Italian: “Gran Sabana”
- Italian: “La Gran Sabana”
- Japanese: “グラン・サバナ”
- Lithuanian: “Gran Sabana”
- Malayalam: “ഗ്രാൻ സബാന”
- Portuguese: “Gran Sabana”
- Portuguese: “La Gran Sabana”
- Russian: “Гран Сабана”
- Spanish: “Gran Sabana”
- Spanish: “La Gran Sabana”
- Ukrainian: “Гран-Сабана”
- Welsh: “Gran Sabana”
- “La Gran Sabana”
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