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Venezuela
Venezuela

The World Language Process program of the UNKOMMON Foundation is proposing a World Conference / Congress on the subject of a Universal Auxiliary Language.

We would like to have participants from every country in the world including individuals from as many languages possible.

As people agree to participate we hope to update these web pages.

Persons the WLP Proposes to Participate
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Geographic Location
Location:

    Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.

Border countries:

    Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km.

Cultural Demographics
Population:

25,375,281 (July 2005 est.)

Cultural Groups:

Ethnic groups: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% .

Languages Spoken:

Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects.

Literacy:
male: 93.8%
female: 93.1% (2003 est.)

Provinces and Universities
Capital:

    Caracas

Number of provinces

23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 federal district* (distrito federal), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales**, Distrito Federal*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia
note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands .

Universities go here.

Venezuela


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