Venezuela is located along the northern border of South America. It also borders the Caribbean Sea to the north. Venezuela is mostly tropic, hot, and humid all year. As you go towards the highlands though, the climate becomes more considerably moderate. Venezuela naturally produces petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, minerals, hydropower, and diamonds. It is highly rich in most land sources and very fertile near the lowlands of the marshy river Rio Orinoco.
Venezuela is the 6th largest country in the world today. It was first encountered in 1498 by Christopher Columbus, who was on his Third World Voyage. A year later, more explorers came and inhabited the land, and it was Alonso de Ojeda who named the country in
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