Caracas

Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. Santiago de Leòn de Losada founded the city in 1567. It is where Simon Bolivar was born. The city has nearly 6 million people, who live in the metropolitan area. Caracas is the center of the economical activity of the country and also hosts the main government offices of Venezuela.

Caracas
City
Santiago de León de Caracas
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  La Sultana del Ávila (The Avila's Sultana) La Sucursal del Cielo (Heaven's Branch on Earth)
Caracas
Coordinates: 10°30′N 66°55′W
Country	Venezuela
State	Venezuelan Capital District Miranda
Municipality	Libertador
Founded	25 July 1567
Founded by	Diego de Losada
Metropolitan	Municipalities: Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre, El Hatillo
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Body	Alcaldía Metropolitana de Caracas
• Mayor	Antonio Ledezma (ABP)
Area
• Metro	1,930 km2 (750 sq mi)
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Density	1,431.5/km2 (3,708/sq mi)
• Metro	5,196,514
Demonym(s)	caraqueño (m), caraqueña (f)
Time zone	UTC-04:30 (VST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-04:30 (not observed)

After WW2 the city has experienced a huge growth, thanks to the oil revenues of the country. Nearly half a million Europeans immigrated to the city in the 1950s ( that had in those years only one million inhabitants) and so Caracas developed a typical western-European look in the new modern areas.