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Venezuela

Click the image above in Distrito Federal, Carabobo, and Bolivar to learn more about these states.

Carabobo is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about 2 hours by car from Caracas.
The capital city of this state is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center.
Carabobo was the site of the Battle of Carabobo on June 24, 1821.

This was a decisive win in the war of independence from Spain, and was led by Simón Bolívar.

The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar.
Located in Southeastern Venezuela, bounded to the north by the Orinoco River and the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro, to the south by Brazil and the Venezuelan territory of Amazonas, to the east by Guyana, and to the west by the Orinoco River and Colombia.
It is the largest and potentially one of the richest states of Venezuela.
Northern Bolívar consists of rolling hills; in the far south are groups of high plateaus and mesas, including the region of La Gran Sabana, the site of Angel Falls.
In between is jungle, largely uninhabited and unexplored, pierced by the valleys of the Caroní, Paragua, Caura, and many smaller rivers.

The Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) of Venezuela is a federal district corresponding to the capital Caracas.
Within the federal system it shares the same rank as the states of Venezuela.
Formerly it had its own local government with a governor, but the constitutional reform of 1999 abolished the district government and created instead the Metropolitan District of Caracas, with jurisdiction over the territory of the District and also four adjacent municipios (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre) in Miranda.