Capital District (Venezuela)

Capital District
Coat of arms of Capital District
Location of Capital District
Coordinates: 10°28′23″N 66°59′44″W / 10.473056°N 66.995556°W / 10.473056; -66.995556
CapitalCaracas
Government
 • Head of Government of the Capital DistrictNahum Fernández (PSUV)
 • Assembly delegation9
Area
 • Total
433 km2 (167 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
3,523,959
 • Density8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
HDI (2019)0.757[1]
high · 1st
Websitehttps://www.gdc.gob.ve

The Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) is a federal district of Venezuela. It has an area of 433 km2 (167 sq mi) and there is only one administrative division (municipio), Libertador, which contains about half of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital city, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The district borders the states of Vargas and Miranda.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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