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Caracas

national capital, Venezuela
Also known as: Santiago de León de Caracas
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José Ramón Medina
Poet and writer. Professor, Faculty of Law, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas. Attorney General of Venezuela, 1974–79. Author of Ochenta años de literatura venezolana and others.
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Caracas, city, capital of Venezuela, and one of the principal cities of South America. It is Venezuela’s largest urban agglomeration and the country’s primary center of industry, commerce, education, and culture. Founded in 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas, the city grew slowly until the 1940s, after which it expanded by monumental proportions, and its influence came to extend to even the remotest parts of the country. In addition to its role as the...

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