Capital District | |
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Coordinates: 10°28′23″N 66°59′44″W / 10.473056°N 66.995556°W | |
Capital | Caracas |
Government | |
• Head of Government of the Capital District | Carolina Cestari (PSUV) |
• Assembly delegation | 9 |
Area | |
• Total | 433 km2 (167 sq mi) |
Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 2,097,400 |
HDI (2019) | 0.757[2] high · 1st |
Website | https://www.gdc.gob.ve |
The Capital District (Spanish: Distrito Capital) is a federal district of Venezuela. It has an area of 433 km2 (167 sq mi) and there is only one administrative division (municipio), Libertador, which contains about half of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital city, which is also the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Venezuela. The population in 2004 was 2,073,768. The District borders on the states of Vargas and Miranda.