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The Capital District ( is a Federal District corresponding to the Capital Caracas . Within the Federal System it shares the same rank as the States Of Venezuela . It has an area of 433 km² and there is only one administrative division (''municipio''), Libertador, which contains the City of Caracas. The population in 2004 was 2 073 768. The District borders on the states of Vargas and Miranda .

Formerly it had its own Local Government with a governor, but the Constitution al reform of 1999 abolished the district government and created instead the Metropolitan District Of Caracas , with jurisdiction over the territory of the District and also four adjacent ''municipios'' (Baruta, Chacao, el Hatillo and Sucre) in Miranda .


MUNICIPALITY

# Libertador ( Caracas )


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