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Flag of Venezuela

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Quick Facts

Capital
Caracas
Flag adopted
2006
Population
28,517,000
Area
916,445 km²
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Venezuelan bolívar soberano (Bs.S.) — VES
Demonym
Venezuelan
Government
federal presidential republic
Subregion
South America
Driving side
Right
Timezones
UTC-04:00
Independence
1811

Religions

  • Roman Catholic 48.1%
  • Protestant 31.6%
  • None 13.6%
  • Believer 3.5%
  • Jehovah's Witness 1.4%
  • African American/umbanda 0.7%
  • Unspecified 0.6%
  • Atheist 0.4%
  • Other 0.1%
  • Agnostic 0.1%

About This Flag

The flag of Venezuela consists of three equal horizontal bands of yellow on top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom, with an arc of eight white five-pointed stars centered on the blue stripe. The yellow represents the wealth of the nation and the golden fields, the blue symbolizes the sea separating Venezuela from Spain, and the red represents the blood shed for independence.

The eight stars represent the eight provinces that supported the 1811 Venezuelan declaration of independence. The tricolor was originally designed by Francisco de Miranda and is shared (in modified forms) by Colombia and Ecuador.

The eighth star was added by President Hugo Chavez in 2006; the previous version had seven stars.

What the colors & design mean

Yellow represents the golden wealth of the nation and its natural resources. Blue symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea separating Venezuela from colonial Spain. Red stands for the blood shed by independence heroes. The eight stars represent the eight founding provinces.

yellow blue red white

Pattern: Horizontal Stripes

Bordering countries (3)

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇬🇾 Guyana

Fun Facts

  • The eighth star was added in 2006 at the request of President Hugo Chavez, fulfilling an order originally made by Simon Bolivar in 1817 to add a star for the province of Guayana — it took nearly 200 years to implement.
  • Venezuela's name means 'Little Venice' — Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci named it after seeing indigenous stilt houses over Lake Maracaibo that reminded him of Venice.
  • Angel Falls (Salto Angel) in Venezuela is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall at 979 meters, located in the remote Canaima National Park.
  • Simon Bolivar, born in Caracas, is known as 'The Liberator' and led the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Spanish rule.

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