Back Каракас Abkhazian Caracas Afrikaans Caracas ALS ካራካስ Amharic Caracas AN كاراكاس Arabic كاراكاس ARY كاراكاس ARZ Caraques AST Caracas AVK
Caracas | |
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City | |
| Santiago de León de Caracas | |
 Top left: Simón Bolívar Center; top right: Parque Central Complex; middle: Plaza Venezuela Fountain; bottom left: Plaza Bolívar; bottom right: Los Próceres Monument. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): La Sultana del Ávila (The Avila's Sultana) La Sucursal del Cielo (Heaven's Branch on Earth) | |
.svg)  Caracas | |
| Coordinates: 10°30′N 66°55′W / 10.500°N 66.917°W | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| State | Venezuelan Capital District Miranda |
| Municipality | Libertador |
| Founded | 25 July 1567 |
| Founded by | Diego de Losada |
| Metropolitan | Municipalities: Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, El Hatillo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Body | Alcaldía Metropolitana de Caracas |
| • Mayor | Antonio Ledezma (ABP) |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 1,930 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Density | 1,431.5/km2 (3,708/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,196,514 |
| Demonym(s) | caraqueño (m), caraqueña (f) |
| Time zone | UTC-04:30 (VST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-04:30 (not observed) |
Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. Santiago de Leòn de Losada founded the city in 1567. It is where Simon Bolivar was born. The city has nearly 6 million people, who live in the metropolitan area. Caracas is the center of the economical activity of the country and also hosts the main government offices of Venezuela.
After WW2 the city has experienced a huge growth, thanks to the oil revenues of the country. Nearly half a million Europeans immigrated to the city in the 1950s ( that had in those years only one million inhabitants) and so Caracas developed a typical western-European look in the new modern areas.