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Venezuela

Capital: Caracas

  • Angel Falls drops about 979 metres in total, the highest waterfall in the world, in Canaima National Park.
  • Tepuis, flat-topped mountains with steep walls, cover about 65 percent of Canaima National Park, a UNESCO site since 1994.
  • The Los Roques archipelago has about 350 islands, cays and islets, surrounded by coral reefs and a shallow lagoon.
  • The arepa, a thick disc of cornmeal, is credited to the Timoto-Cuica people of the Andes.

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