My people. This post is dedicated to my beautiful Earth, the one that saw me being born, the one that I will ALWAYS carry in my Heart, wherever I am. The Land of Great Artists, that of the ONLY Liberator of America, that of the Most Beautiful Women. My LOVED Country: VENEZUELA!!!
My beautiful country, they say it was discovered as the song says "In the 1600s", specifically in the year of 1498, in the third voyage of Admiral Christopher Columbus, but the name as such, we owe it to Mr. Américo Vespucio, who He sailed our coasts in the year of 1499 and when he saw the homes of the natives over the waters (palafitos) he remembered that Italian city called Venice (where residences already built on the Adriatic Sea existed) and baptized our lands under the name of Venezziola (Little Venice).
Since those years, our country has not failed to amaze its visitors. And it is that Venezuela is full of blessings. That is the purpose of this post, remember the wonders that our country has. So I will try to enumerate them, without order of priority because they are many!!!
Natural Wonders: Our country has infinities of natural landscapes, recognized worldwide, such as:
El Salto Angel: located in the lower area of our country, specifically in the Canaima Park, Bolívar state, it is the highest waterfall in the world. With 979 meters (807 meters d uninterrupted fall), this work of nature exceeds all of its kind around the world (Salto del Tugela, South Africa - 947 meters The 3 sisters, Peru - 914 meters Gocta, "La Chorrera ", USA-Canada-771mts) and year after year is visited by many tourists. Its name is in honor of the American aviator Jimmie Angel, who on May 21, 1937 flew over their territories in the company of the captain of the Venezuelan Navy born in Spain, Felix Cardona Puig to later return alone in September of the same year and pose his small plane on the top of the Auyantepuy.
Isla de Margarita: its name derives from the Greek word Μαργαρίτης (Margarites), which means pearl. The well-known "Pearl of the Caribbean" was discovered on August 15, 1498 during the 3rd trip of Christopher Columbus. It is located in the northeastern part of our country and forms the only island state of Venezuela (Nueva Esparta), next to the islands of Coche and Cubagua. Its original name was "La Asunción", since it was discovered by Columbus on August 15, the religious date of the Assumption of Mary. Later the sailors Pedro Alonso Niño and Cristóbal Guerra renamed it "Margarita", for the amount of pearls they found in their territories. Very famous for its nightlife (Señor Frogg's, BoraBora, Green Martini Lounge) for its Casinos (Casino Alhambra Palace, Casino del Sol, Marina Bay) and for the parties held year after year during seasons in its different beaches (Descarga Belmont , Partai Margarita Weekend- Playa El Agua)
Los Roques Archipelago: is a group of islands and keys, located in the Lesser Antilles of Venezuela, specifically between the Las Aves Archipelago and the island of La Orchila, forming part of the Insular Territory of Francisco de Miranda. It is said to appear in the cartograms of Spanish settlers dating from 1529. It was declared a Federal Dependency since 1938. Very famous for its crystal clear waters and white sands, its national park is the largest Marine Park in Latin America (211.2 km2)
Los Médanos de Coro National Park: it is a national park located between the municipalities of Miranda, Colina and Falcón (Falcón State). It covers an area of 91280 hectares. Its most important sector is known as "Isthmus", which connects the Paraguaná Peninsula with the rest of the Falcón State and has an estimated length of 27 km. Its sand formations are characteristic of the Falcon State and its dunes (accumulations of sand generated by the wind) exceed 8 meters above sea level (msnm). Los Médanos de Coro was declared a National Park on February 6, 1974
La Gran Sabana: is an extensive region located in the southeast of Venezuela, in a sector known as the Macizo de las Guayanas, southeast of Bolívar State, to the border with Brazil and Guyana. It has an area of 10820 km2 and is part of one of the most extensive National Parks in our country: Canaima National Park. It should be noted that the Canaima National Park is among the six largest national parks in the world, with an area of about 30000 km2 and originally were about 10,000 km2, since they did not include the Gran Sabana. This area was expanded in 1975, including several sectors of high ecological importance, such as the Carrao River basin, the headwaters of the Caroní River, the Sierra de Lema, the source of the Cuyuní River and the undulating plains that form the Gran Sabana . It has an important Hydrography, formed by the Yuruaní, Aponwao, Kukenán, Suruku, Ikabarú, Karuay, Urimán and Antabare rivers. Not to mention the majestic Caroní River (925 km in length) with a flow equal to m3 / sec (cubic meters per second) being this one of vital importance for our country, since through it, hydroelectric power plants obtain their greatest utilization for electric power in Venezuela.
Very important feature in the Gran Sabana is the existence of a wonder of Nature: the Tepuy (ancient massifs eroded in tabular form). Most of its heights vary between 2000 and 2700 meters above sea level, until reaching the maximum height at Mount Roraima with almost 2800 meters above sea level. Among some, we can mention:
Auyantepui: located to the Northwest of Canaima, is the best known of all Guayana and one of the most recognized worldwide, since in its extensions is the aforementioned "Angel Falls". It has an area of 700 km2 and an altitude of 2535 meters. It is not part of the exact limitation of the Gran Sabana but many consider it.
Chimantá Massif: it is the most extensive plateau formation in Venezuela (10 in total). It has an area of 1470 km2 and is not commonly visited by tourists because it is not easily accessible.
Kukenan (Matawi-tepui) next to the Yuruani-Tepui, is part of the eastern chain of tepuyes of the Gran Sabana. With a height of 2680 meters above sea level, the tenth highest waterfall in the world, the namesake, Salto Kukenán (629 meters of free fall) is born from its extensions.
Pico Bolívar: is the highest peak in the country, with an official height of 4978 meters above sea level. It is located in a sector known as "Sierra Nevada", within the national park of the same name in the Cordillera de Mérida (Mérida State). Along with the Humboldt and Bonpland peaks, it forms the trident of the most important peaks of the Venezuelan Andes. Its original name was "La Columna" but on March 18, 1925, on the proposal of Dr. Tulio Febres Cordero and Juan Rodríguez Suárez, its name was changed to Pico Bolívar, in honor of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, whose official ceremony was later held on December 30, 1934. Currently, the name "La Columna" is used to refer to the massif that contains Pico Bolívar. Its measurement has been a whole process, dating from the mid-19th century with measurements made by the Italian naturist Agustín Codazzi, through measurements with GPS equipment made by Heinz Saler of the "Institut für Ingenieurgeodäsie" and Carlos Abad of the "Research Center of Astronomy of Venezuela " in the year of 1992, until finally, in 2002, on the occasion of the declaration by the United Nations as the international year of the mountains, the Institute of Geography of Venezuela decides to verify in conjunction with the Simon University Bolivar and the University of Zulia the exact height of the peak. These studies showed an altitude of 4978, 4 masl
Its main feature was the presence of Glaciers (4 studied since the mid-20th century) but due to global warming have been reduced to such a degree that today have virtually disappeared and only a bare summit of cloud of snow and rock.
His first successful ascent was made by the Merida pharmacist Enrique Bourgoin and the Tovarine Heriberto Márquez Molina accompanied by the guide Domingo Guzmán Peña Saavedra, who reached the top of the peak through the throat of the now extinct Timoncito glacier, on January 5 1935. They were the first to tread the highest peak in Venezuela. The first Venezuelan woman who ascended Pico Bolívar, on February 7, 1946, was Blanca Josefina Carrillo de Ponte.
As you can see, Venezuela has a lot of natural landscapes worth visiting and admiring. In particular, I would love to have the pleasure of visiting them all. I hope you have it too. This is just a very small list of all those places. I would like that, under your own criteria, add other landscapes that you think should appear here, not so much to create a kind of Top5, but rather, to share them with the rest of the world.
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