Venezuela

-Venezuela-



The geography in Venezuela is part of the Caribbean. It is in South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean.It is situated on major sea and air routes linking North and South America. Located at the northernmost end of South America, Venezuela has a total area of 916,445 square kilometers and a land area of 882,050 square kilometers, about twice the size of California. Shaped roughly like an inverted triangle, the country has a 2,800-kilometer coastline and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Guyana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Colombia.Venezuela is 352,144 sq. mi.

This is Venezuela's flag. The yellow on the flag stands for land wealth. The blue stands for the sea and the sky. Plus the red is for the blood of the fallen heros of their country.
 * The Venezuelian Flag and Coat of arms.**

-Food- The first dish is Pabellon which is the national dish of Venezuela consist of rice, black beans, and bananas covered in stewed and shredded meat. Pabellon The second dish is Arepas which is a common snack food found in Venezuela. It is made with corn, flour, water, salt, and often fryed or baked. they can be made out of chicken, ham, cheese, or jam. Arepas The third dish is Hallaca which is this cake like dish consists of corn mealv and a combination of beef, ham, pork, and green peppers that are wrapped in bananas leaves and boiled. Hallaca The fourth dish is Hervido which is a soup combines beef, chicken, or fish with potatoes and other Venezuelan vegtables depending on regions. Hervido Meats are also very common in almost every dish. vegetarians in venezula are out of luck. beef tops the list, but deer, capybara, gout, rabbit, lamb, and chicken are olso on the menu.

Capybara -Songs- Venezuela has a lot of diffrent kinds of songs some of the songs are Merengue, salsa, pop music(English and Spanish), Music Llanera from other parts of the country, gaitas from Zulia generally for christmas. The younger people listen to regular music, they know all the new songs that come out in the United States.