The borders of Venezuela are the international borders that Venezuela shares with neighboring countries. Venezuela borders with 15 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 sixth largest number of land and maritime borders after France, China, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States and tied with Italy.
Bordering countries The lengths of the borders Venezuela shares with different countries, running counter-clockwise around Grenada to Caribbean Netherlands, are listed below: CountryLength (km) Bordering Venezuelan states Border features Border crossingsSucreN/AN/ASucre Delta AmacuroGulf of Paria Bocas del DragónGüiriaDelta Amacuro BolívarMount RoraimaN/A (border)Bolívar AmazonasMount RoraimaSanta Elena de Uairen (border)Amazonas Apure Táchira Zulia FalcónTáchira River Gulf of Venezuela Guajira PeninsulaPuerto AyacuchoSan Fernando de AtabapoSimón Bolívar International BridgeUreña Netherlands, Kingdom of the→includes:→→→FalcónABC islandsN/A
Total list This is a list of countries and territories that share land or maritime borders with Venezuela. The number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary" includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes boundaries of territorial waters, 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 sovereign statesThe concept of state sovereignty is somewhat imprecise and there are disagreements about whether certain territories are sovereign. There are currently 195 states that are generally regarded as "fully" sovereign: this includes the 193 member states of the United Nations plus the observer states of Vatican City and the State of Palestine. Some of these states have under their jurisdiction 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. that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or 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 in italics) No. of land border neighborsA number in parentheses indicates the number of unique sovereign states that the country or territory shares as neighbors. No. of maritime boundary neighbors Total no. of unique neighborsNeighboring countries and territories(Territories without full sovereignty in italics)(L) = share only land borders(M) = share only maritime boundariesblank = share land borders and maritime boundaries314 (17)15 (18) (M)Venezuela Disputes, IndexMundi (L) (M) (M) (M) (M)Claims to territory overlap. (M) (M) (M) (M) (M)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. (Netherlands) (M) (Netherlands) (M)This territory is not sovereign but is a 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. (United Kingdom) (M)This territory is not sovereign, but is an insular area of the United States. U.S. territories are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States. (United States) (M) (United States) (M)
Border disputes
With Guyana Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
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See also Borders of Brazil Borders of the United States Gran Colombia Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisis Netherlands–Venezuela Boundary Treaty The Guianas United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty Venezuelan refugee crisis
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