Borders of Venezuela

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Location of Venezuela (and its claimed territory of Guayana Esequiba) in South America
Maritime borders of Venezuela

The borders of Venezuela are the international borders that Venezuela shares with neighboring countries. Venezuela borders with 14 countries totaling 5,161 kilometers which includes territories of France (Martinique and Guadeloupe), the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire), the United Kingdom (Montserrat) and the United States (Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands). Venezuela has the seventh largest number of land and maritime borders after France, China, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States and Italy.

Bordering countries

The lengths of the borders Venezuela shares with different countries, running counter-clockwise around Grenada to Caribbean Netherlands, are listed below:

Country Length (km) Bordering Venezuelan states Border features Border crossings
 Grenada 160 Sucre N/A N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago 11 Sucre
Delta Amacuro 		Gulf of Paria
Bocas del Dragón 		Güiria
 Guyana 743 Delta Amacuro
Bolívar 		Mount Roraima N/A
 Brazil 2,200 Bolívar
Amazonas 		Mount Roraima Santa Elena de Uairen
 Colombia 2,219 Amazonas
Apure
Táchira
Zulia
Falcón 		Táchira River
Gulf of Venezuela
Guajira Peninsula 		Simón Bolívar International Bridge
Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands, Kingdom of the
→includes:
→ Aruba
→ Curaçao
→ Bonaire 		65−80 Falcón
ABC islands
 N/A

Total list

This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders bordering Venezuela. The number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land

contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. However, it does not include lake or river
boundaries, which are considered land boundaries.

Also included is the number of unique

unrecognized states
bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets.

Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.

Country or territory
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics) 		No. of land border neighbors[2] No. of maritime boundary neighbors[2] Total no. of unique neighbors[2] Neighboring countries and territories
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics)
(L) = share only land borders
(M) = share only maritime boundaries
blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries
 Venezuela 3 14 (17) 15 (18)  Barbados (M)[3]
 Brazil (L)
 Colombia
 Dominica (M)
 Dominican Republic (M)
 France (M)
 Grenada (M)
 Guyana[4]
 Netherlands (M)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (M)
 Saint Lucia (M)
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M)
 Trinidad and Tobago (M)
 Aruba[5] (Netherlands) (M)
 Curaçao[5] (Netherlands) (M)
 Montserrat[6] (United Kingdom) (M)
 Puerto Rico[7] (United States) (M)
 United States Virgin Islands[7] (United States) (M)

Border disputes

Guayana Esequiba (striped), the area claimed by Venezuela.

With Guyana

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^
    territories, dependencies, or collectivities that are clearly non-sovereign geographical areas. These territories are generally regarded as being subsumed within the overarching sovereignty of the governing state. For example, the United Kingdom holds sovereignty over the territory of Gibraltar
    , even though Gibraltar is not considered to be part of the United Kingdom. There are a few territories in the world that are neither clearly sovereign nor clearly subsumed under another state's sovereignty. Often, these territories have declared themselves to be sovereign, but they are either not widely recognized as such or lack some of the necessary conditions for sovereign statehood. In these cases, explanatory footnotes indicate how the territory is treated for the purposes of this list.
  2. ^ a b c A number in parentheses indicates the number of unique sovereign states that the country or territory shares as neighbors.
  3. ^ Venezuela Disputes, IndexMundi
  4. ^ Claims to territory overlap.
  5. ^ a b This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For purposes of this list, Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
  6. British overseas territory. Its territory constitutes part of the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom
    but strictly speaking is not part of the United Kingdom itself.
  7. ^
    U.S. territories
    are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Borders_of_Venezuela&oldid=1217497092"