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Venezuela in other languages: exonyms, Caracas, flag, anthem, states

Venezuela is officially the República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with the ISO codes VE, VEN and 862. The page gives the name in 172 languages and variants, the capital Caracas in 66, the words of the anthem and the 23 states with their capitals.

Official languagesSpanish (español); the constitution also recognises the Indigenous languages

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República Bolivariana de Venezuela

English
VenezuelaBolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Capital
CaracasCaracas

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026; ISO writes the short name Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of. Language status: Wikipedia's Venezuela, citing the 1999 constitution. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Venezuela in other languages: list of exonyms

Venezuela in 172 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
LanguagesISO 639-3NameRomanised
English, Afrikaans, Asturian, Breton, Czech, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Basque, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Hausa, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Ladin, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Portuguese, Romansh, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Tetum, Turkish, Võro, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low Germaneng / afr / ast / bre / ces / dan / dsb / eus / fin / fkv / glg / hau / hsb / hun / ibo / ina / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lld / nld / nor / nov / por / roh / ron / slk / slv / sme / spa / sqi / srd / stq / swa / swe / tet / tur / vor / zza / deu / ltz / ndsVenezuelasame as written
Haitian Creole, Lingala, Maltese, Walloonhat / lin / mlt / wlnVenezwelasame as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpakcrh / gag / kaaVenesuela / ВенесуэлаVenesuela
Faroese, Lithuanian, Samoanfao / lit / smoVenesuelasame as written
Welsh, Polishcym / polWenezuelasame as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundikin / runVenezuwelasame as written
Moldovan, Sloviomol / sloVenezuela / ВенезуелаVenezuela
Papiamentu, Yucatec Mayapap / yuaBenesuelasame as written
AragoneseargBenezuelasame as written
AymaraaymWinïxwilasame as written
AzerbaijaniazeVenesuela / ВенесуелаVenesuela
BambarabamWenezuwelasame as written
BosnianbosVenecuela / Венецуела / وەنەڄۆئەلاVenecuela
CatalancatVeneçuelasame as written
CornishcorVeneswelasame as written
CorsicancosVenezuellasame as written
EsperantoepoVenezuelosame as written
EstonianestVenezuela, Venetsueelasame as written
FrenchfraVénézuela, Venezuelasame as written
Franco-ProvençalfrpVenezuèlasame as written
West FrisianfryFenezuëlasame as written
FriulianfurVenezuelesame as written
Scottish GaelicglaA’ Bheiniseala, Benesuela, Bhenesuèlasame as written
IrishgleVeiniséala, An Bheneséilsame as written
ManxglvYn Veneswaaleysame as written
GuaranigrnVenesuélasame as written
CroatianhrvVenecuela, Venezuelasame as written
IcelandicislVenesúelasame as written
Kurmanji KurdishkurVenezwêla, Venezûelasame as written
LatinlatVenetiola, Venessuelasame as written
LatvianlavVenecuēlasame as written
LatgalianltgVenecuelasame as written
MalagasymlgVenezoelasame as written
MalaymsaVenezuela / ۏينيزويلاVenezuela
NahuatlnahVenezollānsame as written
Norman FrenchnrmVénézuélasame as written
OccitanociVeneçuèla, Venezuelasame as written
QuechuaqueWinisuylasame as written
Kalderash RomanirmyVenezuela / वेनेज़ुएलाVenezuela
AromanianrupVenetsuelasame as written
SicilianscnVenezzuelasame as written
SomalisomFenisuweelasame as written
SilesianszlWynezuelasame as written
TagalogtglBeneswela, Benesuelasame as written
TongantonVenisuelasame as written
TurkmentukWenesuela / ВенесуэлаWenesuela
UzbekuzbVenesuela / Венесуэла / ۋېنېسۇئېلەVenesuela
VietnamesevieVê-nê-zu-ê-lasame as written
VolapükvolVenesolänsame as written
WolofwolBenesuwelasame as written
Abaza, Altai, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmykabq / alt / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / rus / tyv / udm / xalВенесуэлаVenesuėla
Abkhaz, Rusyn, Ukrainianabk / rue / ukrВенесуелаVenesuela
Bashkir, Chechenbak / cheВенесуэла / VenesuelaVenesuela
Bulgarian, Macedonianbul / mkdВенецуелаVenecuela
AvaravaВенесуэлаWenesuėla
BelarusianbelВенесуэла / Vieniesueła, Вэнэсуэла / VenesuełaVieniesueła, Venesueła
ChuvashchvВенесуэлӑVenesuėlă
KazakhkazВенесуэла / ۆەنەسۋەلا / VeneswelaVeneswela
KabardiankbdВенесуэлэVenesuălă
KyrgyzkirВенесуэла / ۋەنەسۇەلا / VenesuelaVenesuela
Kurdish (Caucasus)kmrВенесуела / Vênêsûêla, Венесуел / VênêsûêlVênêsûêla, Vênêsûêl
MongolianmonВенесуэлVenesuäl
OssetianossВенесуэлӕVenesuėlä
YakutsahВенесуэлаVenesuäla
SerbiansrpВенецуела / VenecuelaVenecuela
TatartatВенесуэла / Venesuela / ۋېنېسۇئېلاVenesuela
TajiktgkВенесуэла / وینیسوئیله / VenesuelaVenesuela
Arabicaraفنزويلا, فينيزويلا, فينزويلا, فنزويلاFinzuwaylā, Fīnīzwīlā, Fīnizwīlā, Finizwīlā
South Azerbaijaniazbوئنئسوئلا / VenesuelaVenesuela
Sorani Kurdishckbڤەنەزوێلا / VenezwêlaVenezwêla
Persianfasونزوئلا / Venezoelâ / VenezuelâVenezoelâ, Venezuelâ
Western PunjabipnbوینزویلاVēnizvēlā
DariprsوینزویلاVēnezvēlā
Pashtopusوېنزوېلا, ونزوېلاWenizwelā, Winizwelā
Uyghuruigۋېنېسۇئېلا / Wénésuéla / ВенесуэлаWénésuéla
Urduurdوینیزویلا, وینزویلاVēnīzvēlā, Vēnizvēlā
DhivehidivވެނެޒުއެލާVeneżuelā
Hebrewhebונצואלה / וונצואלהVeneʦūʾelah
Ladinoladבﬞיניזואילה / VenezuelaVenezuela
YiddishyidװענעזועלעVenezuele
AmharicamhቬኔዙዌላVenezuwela
GreekellΒενεζουέλαVenezoyéla
ArmenianhyeՎենեսուելաVenesouela
Georgian, Mingreliankat / xmfვენესუელაVenesuela
Lazlzzვენეზუელა / VenezuelaVenezuela
Hindihinवेनेज़ुएला, वेनेज़ुवेलाVenezuelā, Venezuvelā
Bengalibenভেনিজুয়েলা, ভেনেজুয়েলাBʰenijuyelā, Bʰenejuyelā
GujaratigujવેનેઝુએલાVenejʰuelā
OdiaoriଭେନେଜୁଏଲାBʰenejuelā
Punjabipanਵੈਨੇਜ਼ੂਏਲਾVænezūelā
SinhalasinවෙනිසියුලාවVenisiyulāva
KannadakanವೆನೆಜುಯೆಲVenejuyela
Malayalammalവെനിസ്വേല, വെനസ്വേലVenisvēla, Venasvēla
Tamiltamவெனிசுலா, வெனிசுயேலாVeṉiculā, Veṉicuyēlā
Telugutelవెనిజ్వెలాVenijvelā
Chinesezho委內瑞拉/委内瑞拉Wēinèiruìlā
Japanesejpnヴェネズエラ, ベネズエラVenezuera, Benezuera
Koreankor베네주엘라, 베네수엘라Benejuella, Benesuella
Tibetanbodཝེ་ནེ་ཟུའེ་ལ།We.ne.zu'e.la
Burmesemyaဗင်နီဇွဲလားBĩnizwɛ̀là
Thaithaเวเนซูเอลา, เวเนซุเอลาWēnēsū'ēlā, Wēnēsu'ēlā
LaolaoເວເນຊູເອລາVēnēsū'ēlā
Khmerkhmវេណេហ្សុយអេឡា, វីណេហ្ស៊ូអេឡាVeṇehsuy'eḷā, Vīṇehsū'eḷā

Most languages keep the Spanish spelling or adapt the z: Venesuela in Turkic languages and Lithuanian, Venecuela in Serbian and Bulgarian, Wenezuela in Polish. Arabic records four spellings, from فنزويلا (Finzuwaylā) to فينيزويلا (Fīnīzwīlā).

02 · NamesU+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V

Veneziola, Venezuela and the Bolivarian Republic

The usual account traces the name to 1499, when the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda reached the coast and Amerigo Vespucci, seeing houses on stilts around Lake Maracaibo, called the region Veneziola, a little Venice. Venezuela is the Spanish form. Martín Fernández de Enciso, who sailed with them, wrote instead that the local people called themselves Veneciuela, so the name may also have a native root.

The state has changed its full name several times: Estado de Venezuela from 1830, República de Venezuela from 1856, Estados Unidos de Venezuela from 1864 to 1953, then República de Venezuela again. The 1999 constitution added Bolivariana in honour of Simón Bolívar, which gives today's República Bolivariana de Venezuela.

The short name travels almost unchanged. Writing systems without the letter z render it by sound: Венесуэла (Venesuėla) in Russian, ベネズエラ (Benezuera) in Japanese, ונצואלה in Hebrew. Caracas behaves the same way, Каракас in Cyrillic and كاراكاس (Kārākās) in Arabic.

03 · Caracas

Caracas in other languages

Caracas in 66 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
LanguagesISO 639-3NameRomanised
English, French, Spanish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irisheng / fra / spa / deu / ltz / nds / gleCaracassame as written
Aymara, Icelandic, Kurmanji Kurdish, Polish, Tetum, Tagalog, Turkishaym / isl / kur / pol / tet / tgl / turKarakassame as written
Azerbaijani, Slovio, Turkmenaze / slo / tukKarakas / КаракасKarakas
BosnianbosCaracas / Каракас / قاراقاسCaracas
EsperantoepoKarakasosame as written
LatinlatCaracaesame as written
LatvianlavKarakasasame as written
LithuanianlitKarakasassame as written
MoldovanmolCaracas / КаракасCaracas
MalaymsaCaracas / كاراكاسCaracas
NahuatlnahCaracahsame as written
UzbekuzbKarakas / Каракас / كەرەكەسKarakas
VietnamesevieCa-ra-cátsame as written
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainianbul / mon / rus / ukrКаракасKarakas
Bashkir, Belarusian, Serbianbak / bel / srpКаракас / KarakasKarakas
Kazakh, Kyrgyzkaz / kirКаракас / كاراكاس / KarakasKarakas
TatartatКаракас / Karakas / كاراكاسKarakas
TajiktgkКаракас / کرکس / KarakasKarakas
Arabicaraكاراكاس, كراكاس, كاركاسKārākās, Karākās, Kārakās
South Azerbaijaniazbکاراکاس / KarakasKarakas
Persianfasکاراکاس / KârâkâsKârâkâs
Western PunjabipnbکاراکسKārākas
PashtopusکاراکاسKārākās
Uyghuruigكاراكاس / Karakas / КаракасKarakas
UrduurdکراکازKarākāz
Hebrewhebקרקס, קראקסQaraqas, Qarāqas
YiddishyidקאַראַקאַסKarakas
AmharicamhካራካስKarakas
GreekellΚαράκαςKarákas
ArmenianhyeԿարակասKarakas
GeorgiankatკარაკასიKarakasi
Hindihinकराकस, कराकासKarākas, Karākās
MarathimarकाराकासKārākās
Nepalinepक्याराकास्Kærākās
BengalibenকারাকাসKārākās
Punjabipanਕਾਰਾਕਾਸ, ਕਾਰਾਕਸKārākās, Kārākas
Kannadakanಕಾರಕಾಸ್, ಕರಾಕಸ್Kārakās, Karākas
Malayalammalകറാകസ്Kaṟākas
Tamiltamகராகஸ், காராகஸ்Karākas, Kārākas
Telugutelకరాకస్Karākas
Chinesezho加拉加斯, 卡拉卡斯Jiālājiāsī, Kǎlāqiǎsī
JapanesejpnカラカスKarakasu
Koreankor카라카스Karakaseu
Tibetanbodཁ་ར་ཁ་སི།Kʰa.ra.kʰa.si
Thaithaคารากัส, การากัสKʰārākât, Kārākât
KhmerkhmការាកាសKārākās

Chinese has two forms, 加拉加斯 (Jiālājiāsī) and 卡拉卡斯 (Kǎlāqiǎsī); Georgian adds the nominative ending, კარაკასი (Karakasi).

04 · States

States of Venezuela and their capitals

ISO 3166-2:VE codes 23 states, the Capital District around central Caracas and the Federal Dependencies, the islands off the coast. Names are in Spanish, with the capital of each state.

Venezuela, ISO 3166-2:VE: 23 states, 1 capital district, 1 federal dependency
ISO 3166-2SpanishEnglishAdministrative centreChange
States estados23
VE-Z Estado Amazonas Amazonas Puerto AyacuchoPuerto Ayacucho
VE-B Estado Anzoátegui Anzoátegui BarcelonaBarcelona
VE-C Estado Apure Apure San Fernando de ApureSan Fernando de Apure
VE-D Estado Aragua Aragua MaracayMaracay
VE-E Estado Barinas Barinas BarinasBarinas
VE-F Estado Bolívar Bolívar Ciudad BolívarCiudad Bolívar
VE-G Estado Carabobo Carabobo ValenciaValencia
VE-H Estado Cojedes Cojedes San CarlosSan Carlos
VE-Y Estado Delta Amacuro Delta Amacuro TucupitaTucupita
VE-I Estado Falcón Falcón CoroCoro
VE-J Estado Guárico Guárico San Juan de Los MorrosSan Juan de Los Morros
VE-K Estado Lara Lara BarquisimetoBarquisimeto
VE-M Estado Miranda Miranda Los TequesLos Teques
VE-N Estado Monagas Monagas MaturínMaturín
VE-L Estado Mérida Mérida MéridaMérida
VE-O Estado Nueva Esparta Nueva Esparta La AsunciónLa Asunción
VE-P Estado Portuguesa Portuguesa GuanareGuanare
VE-R Estado Sucre Sucre CumanáCumaná
VE-T Estado Trujillo Trujillo TrujilloTrujillo
VE-S Estado Táchira Táchira San CristóbalSan Cristóbal
VE-X Estado La Guaira La Guaira La GuairaLa Guaira 2019 Named Estado Vargas until 14 June 2019; ISO renamed VE-X on 24 November 2020
VE-U Estado Yaracuy Yaracuy San FelipeSan Felipe
VE-V Estado Zulia Zulia MaracaiboMaracaibo
Capital District distrito capital1
VE-A Distrito Capital Capital District CaracasCaracas
Federal Dependencies dependencia federal1
VE-W Dependencias Federales Federal Dependencies

Codes: ISO 3166-2:VE on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:VE, checked 28 October 2026. The Federal Dependencies have no capital.

All 335 municipalities by state

05 · States

New states and a renamed one

The 23 states are the result of three additions in the 1990s: Delta Amacuro in 1991, Amazonas in 1994 and Vargas in 1998. Vargas was renamed La Guaira on 14 June 2019; ISO changed the name under the same code VE-X in November 2020.

Below the states there are 335 municipalities, listed with their seats on the subdivisions page. Since 2024 Venezuela also names a state of Guayana Esequiba for territory that Guyana administers; it has no ISO code.

06 · Anthem

Gloria al Bravo Pueblo, the national anthem

The chorus (coro) and the three stanzas in Spanish, lines separated by a slash. The words are attributed to Vicente Salias and date from 1810.

  • Gloria al bravo pueblo / que el yugo lanzó, / La Ley respetando / la virtud y honor.
  • ¡Abajo cadenas! / Gritaba el Señor / y el pobre en su choza / libertad pidió. / A este santo nombre / tembló de pavor / el vil egoísmo / que otra vez triunfó.
  • Gritemos con brío: / ¡Muera la opresión! / Compatriotas fieles, / la fuerza es la unión / y desde el Empíreo / el Supremo Autor, / un sublime aliento / al pueblo infundió.
  • Unida con lazos / que el cielo formó, / la América toda, / existe en nación / y si el despotismo / levanta la voz, / seguid el ejemplo / que Caracas dio.
07 · Questions

Questions about the names and states of Venezuela

What does Venezuela mean?

Little Venice, in the usual account: Veneziola, the name given in 1499 to the stilt villages of Lake Maracaibo, in its Spanish form.

What are the ISO codes of Venezuela?

VE (alpha-2), VEN (alpha-3) and 862 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.

Since when is Venezuela called Bolivarian Republic?

Since the constitution of 1999, which renamed the state in honour of Simón Bolívar.