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Venezuela

El Avila National Park, Caracas.

View of the city of Caracas and its iconic mountain El Avila.

Facts and figures

Official country name:Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
National capital:Caracas
Location:On the north coast of South America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south.
Area:916,000 km2
Population:31.8 million
Population density:35 per km2
GDP per capita:US$ 3,093*
GDP at market prices:

US$ 98,468 million*

* Source: OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2019

OPEC Fund Ministerial Council Member:

Simón Alejandro Zerpa Delgado, Minister of People's Power of Economy and Finance

OPEC Fund Governing Board Representative: 

 Jesse Alonso Chacón Escamillo, Ambassador and Governor of Venezuela, the OPEC Fund, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

OPEC Fund Alternate Governing Board Representative:

Eduardo Antonio Ramírez Castro, Vice-Minister of Economic Articulation, General Director Office of Integration and International Affairs,  Alternate Governor of Venezuela, the OPEC Fund, Ministry of People's Power of Economy and Finance

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