Venezuela (Geographic Name)

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Memo from BGN Foreign Names Committee, 21 Dec. 1999 (present entry: Venezuela, Republic of [conventional], República de Venezuela [Spanish], PCL1, 8°N 66°W; recommended entry: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of [conventional], República Bolivariana de Venezuela [Spanish]; the recommended file change is based on the following source: Constitución Bolivariana de la V República, Título I, Capitulo II, 17 de Noviembre de 1999)

Foreign names information bulletin, Jan. 30, 2000 (former name: Venezuela [short form], Republic of [conventional]; República de Venezuela [Venezuela short form] [Spanish]--PCLI, 8°00ʹN 66°00ʹW (VE00); new name: Venezuela [short form], Bolivarian Republic of [conventional]; República Bolivariana de Venezuela [Venezuela short form][Spanish]--PCLI, 8°00ʹN 66°00ʹW (NI51))

Rodríguez Miérez, E. Psicoterrorismo mediático, 2005: p. 4 of cover (Gobierno Bolivariano; Venezuela)

Informe mensual sanitario y demográfico, 31 de dic. de 1911: t.p. (Estados Unidos de Venezuela)

Wikipedia, Feb. 24, 2011 (Venezuela, officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)) Belarusian page (Венесуэла = Venesuėla; Баліварыянская Рэспубліка Венесуэла = Balivaryi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika Venesuėla) Bulgarian page (Венецуела = Venet︠s︡uela; Боливарска република Венецуела = Bolivarska republika Venet︠s︡uela) Greek page (Βενεζουέλα = Venezouela; Μπολιβαριανή Δημοκρατία της Βενεζουέλας) Korean page (베네수엘라 = Penesuella; 베네수엘라 볼리바르 공화국 = Penesuella Bollibarŭ Konghwaguk) Mongolian page (Венесуэл = Venesuėl; Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Bolivaryn Venesuėl Uls) Japanese page (ベネズエラ = Benezuera; ベネズエラ・ボリバル共和国 = Benezuera Boribaru Kyōwakoku) Russian page (Венесуэла = Venesuėla; Боливарианская Республика Венесуэла = Bolivarianskai︠a︡ Respublika Venesuėla) Serbian page (Венецуела = Venecuela; Боливарска Република Венецуела = Bolivarska Republika Venecuela) Finnish page (Venezuelan bolivariaaninen tasavalta) Swedish page (Bolivarianska republiken Venezuela) Turkish page (Bolivarcı Venezuela Cumhuriyeti) Turkmen page (Wenesuela [in rom.]; Wenesuela Boliwar Respublikasy [in rom.]) Ukrainian page (Венесуела = Venesuela; Боліварианська Республіка Венесуела = Bolivaryansʹka Respublika Venesuela) Chinese page (委內瑞拉 = Weineiruila; 委內瑞拉玻利瓦爾共和國 = Weineiruila Boliwa'er Gongheguo)

Independence proclaimed 1811; United with Nueva Granada and Ecuador to form the republic of Colombia; 1829 a decree (Dec 8) by Gen. Paiz dissolving the union and declaring Venezuela a sovereign and independent state; Under Spanish occupation, established as a Capitanía General in 1731.