The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km 2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. Venezuela ( / ˌ v ɛ n ə ˈ z w eɪ l ə/ American Spanish: ( listen)), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
^ The Constitution also recognizes all indigenous languages spoken in the country.^ The "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" has been the full official title since the adoption of the Constitution of 1999, when the state was renamed in honor of Simón Bolívar.