Venezuela (Nombre geográfico)

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°00'N 66°00'W (VE00); new name: Venezuela [short form], Bolivarian Republic of [conventional]; República Bolivariana de Venezuela [Venezuela short form][Spanish]--PCLI, 8°00'N 66°00'W (NI51))

Gran Diccionario Enciclopédico Ilustrado, 1998: p. 1713 (Venezuela)

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.