Capital District
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federal district of Venezuela, containing the national capital city, Caracas
Key facts
- Capital
- Caracas
- Head of government of the capital distri
- Nahum Fernández ( PSUV )
- Total
- 433 km (167 sq mi)
- Density
- 8,140/km (21,100/sq mi)
- Hdi 2019
- 0.757 , high · 1st
- Website
- https://www.gdc.gob.ve
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- capital district or territory
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Venezuela
- Contains
- Libertador Municipality
- Capital
- Caracas
- Area
- 1930
- Elevation
- 1142
- Head of government
- Carmen Meléndez
- Shares border with
- Miranda
- Official website
- www.gdc.gob.ve
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Distrito Capital (Venezuela)
- topic's main category
- Category:Capital District (Venezuela)
- inception
- 1999-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) is a federal district of Venezuela. It has an area of 433 km (167 sq mi) and there is only one administrative division (municipio), Libertador, which contains about half of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital city, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The district borders the states of Vargas and Miranda.
Government
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