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Acarigua Anaco Barcelona Barinas Barquisimeto Cabimas Cabudare Cagua Calabozo Caracas Carora Carúpano Catia La Mar Charallave Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Guayana Ciudad Ojeda Coro Cúa Cumaná Ejido El Limón El Tigre Guacara Guanare Guarenas Guatire Los Teques Los Teques Maracaibo Maracay Mariara Maturín Mérida Ocumare del Tuy Palo Negro Puerto Cabello Puerto La Cruz Punto Fijo San Cristóbal Turmero Valencia
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Background
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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and New Granada, which became Colombia). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Hugo CHAVEZ, president since 1999, seeks to implement his "21st Century Socialism," which purports to alleviate social ills while at the same time attacking capitalist globalization and existing democratic institutions. Current concerns include: a weakening of democratic institutions, political polarization, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples.
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Population
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27,223,228 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 capital district* (distrito capital), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Capital*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia
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Administrative divisions
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federal republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 5 July (1811)
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International organization participation
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three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue, and red with the coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band and an arc of eight white five-pointed stars centered in the blue band; the flag retains the three equal horizontal bands and three main colors of the banner of Gran Columbia, the South American republic that broke up in 1830; yellow is interpreted as standing for the riches of the land, blue for the courage of its people, and red for the blood shed in attaining independence; the seven stars on the original flag represented the seven provinces in Venezuela that united in the war of independence; in 2006, President Hugo CHAVEZ ordered an eighth star added to the star arc - a decision that sparked much controversy
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly
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Agriculture - products
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-4.9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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113.3 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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83.02 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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540 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Oil - production
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2.182 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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7.167 million (2008)
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