Knowing a little more about my country - part 1

As I told you a few days ago, I already have several posts highlighting the crisis we are experiencing in my country but since not everything can be bad, I am also trying to highlight positive things. Venezuela is a very particular country because we have beach, snow, plains, sand dunes, savanna, jungle and large cities in the same space. If you are in Caracas (the capital) and drive a half hour you will find yourself in the area of the coast of Venezuela and if you continue along that coast, via the mountain, you arrive at the colonial area of Aragua called La Colonia Tovar where the temperature can be less than 15 ° C. Next I name you a series of curiosities so that you go knowing much more of my country:

• Venezuela is the country with the most oil in the world. Its proven reserves surpass the countries of the Middle East. That is why we are also the country with the cheapest gasoline in the world.

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• Maracaibo Lake is the largest in Latin America with an area of 13 thousand 210 square kilometers, is an ancient lake with more than 50 million years old. In the time when it was separated from the sea the lake was once closed to the sea at low tide and open at high tide. It was not until the 20th century that it was decided to break the barrier that divided the lake from the sea in order to make the movements of the sea more efficient boats to the Caribbean

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• The largest and heaviest snake in the world lives in the basins of the Orinoco River and is known as "Anaconda of the Orinoco"

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• Venezuela holds the record of having the two highest marian monuments in the world, the monument to the Virgin of Peace, 47 meters high, and the mantle of maria divina pastora, 62 meters high, being the largest Marian monument in venezuela and the world

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• It was the first country to own a nuclear reactor in all Latin America, the nuclear reactor one that started activities in 1960 and ceased activities as a reactor in 1993, number 6, the Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world with a height of almost one kilometer and 800 7 meters of uninterrupted fall generated from Auyantepui is located in the Canaima National Park in the state of Bolivar

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• Venezuela holds the guinness record for the catatumbo lightning zone as the region with the highest concentration of lightning on earth located on Maracaibo lake, it is also the largest ozone generator in the entire planet

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• Los Roques archipelago has the largest coral reef in the Caribbean and is the largest marine park in Latin America has an approximate area of 221 thousand 120 hectares between sea and land

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• The twin towers of the central park are two office skyscrapers that for decades have become the icon of Venezuelan architecture located in Caracas, these being the largest skyscrapers in Venezuela

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• Among the most representative dishes of Venezuela we can mention the Creole pavilion, the arepa, the cachapa, the corn flour empanadas, the black roast, the sancocho and the sancocho cruzado, the chicha of Venezuelan rice as a beverage to mention a few

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I hope that after reading this you will form a better version of how is the history and culture of the Venezuelan and that our country has been a pioneer in many things, you know some of these curiosities? What other things would you like to know about venezuela?