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Venezuela

1996 Edition — sovereign

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Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 912,050 sq km land area: 882,050 sq km comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of California
Coastline [time series]
2,800 km
Geographic coordinates [time series]
8 00 N, 66 00 W
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo River; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of
Land boundaries [time series]
total: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
Location [time series]
Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana
Map references [time series]
South America
Maritime claims [time series]
contiguous zone: 15 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm