Travel Alert Status
					    
				Level 4: Do Not Travel			
			
			
			
						
									
Time Difference
					    
				UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)			
			
			
			
						
									
Travel Climate
					    
				tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands			
			
			
			
						
									
Travel Currency
					    
				Venezuelan bolivar (VEB)			
			
			
			
						
									
Language Spoken
					    
				Spanish (official) 98.2%, indigenous 1.3%, Portuguese 0.1%, other 0.4%			
			
			
			
						
									
Languages
					    
				Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects			
			
			
			
						
									
Ethnic Groups
					    
				unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, Indigenous			
			
			
			
						
									
National Holiday
					    
				Independence Day, 5 July (1811)			
			
			
			
						
									
Geographic Coordinates
					    
				8 00 N, 66 00 W			
			
			
			
						
									
Location
					    
				Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana			
			
			
			
						
									
Airports
					    
				127