Karakas

**Karakas,** ko **Caracas** birni ne, da ke a yankin babban birnin, a kasar Venezuela. Shi ne babban birnin kasar Venezuela. Bisa ga kidayar jama'a a shekarar 2011, Karakas tana da yawan jama'a 2,923,959. An gina birnin Karakas a shekara ta 1567.


File:Balu_Store_in_Sabana_Grande.jpg|Balu in Sabana Grande
File:Caracas_from_El_Calvario.jpg|Caracas from El Calvario
File:Sem%C3%A1foros_en_rojo_en_Caracas,_Venezuela.jpg|Caracas
File:EstatuaDelLibertadorEnLaPlazaBolivar2004-6.jpg|Mutum-mutumin El Libertador a Plaza Bolívar, Caracas
File:Vista_de_Caracas_en_1839.jpg|Vista de Caracas en 1839
File:University_of_Caracas_1911.jpg|Jami'ar Caracas a shekarar 1911
File:Science_Museum_of_Caracas.jpg|Science Museum of Caracas
File:Fachada_Mezquita_Ibrahim_Al-lbrahim.JPG|Massallacin Ibrahim Facade


A hukumance Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), babban birni ne kuma mafi girma a birnin Venezuela, kuma tsakiyar Lardin Birni na Caracas (ko Greater Caracas).  Caracas yana gefen kogin Guaire a arewacin kasar, a cikin kwarin Caracas na tsaunin gabar tekun Venezuelan (Cordillera de la Costa).  Kwarin yana kusa da Tekun Caribbean, an raba shi da bakin tekun da wani tudu mai tsayin mita 2,200 (7,200 ft) dutse, Cerro El Ávila;  a kudu akwai karin tsaunuka da tsaunuka.  Yankin Babban Birni na Caracas yana da kimanin yawan jama'a kusan miliyan 5 mazauna.

Tsakiyar birnin ita ce Catedral, dake kusa da Dandalin Bolívar, ko da yake wasu na daukan cibiyar Plaza Venezuela, dake yankin Los Caobos.  Kasuwanci a cikin birni sun hada da kamfanonin sabis, bankuna, da kantuna.  Caracas yana da tattalin arzikin tushen sabis, baya ga wasu ayyukan masana'antu a cikin babban birni.  Kasuwancin Hannun jari na Caracas da Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) suna da hedkwata a Caracas.  Empresas Polar shine babban kamfani mai zaman kansa a Venezuela.  Caracas kuma babban birnin al'adun Venezuela ne, tare da gidajen cin abinci da yawa, gidajen wasan kwaikwayo, gidajen tarihi, da wuraren siyayya.  Caracas yana da wasu dogayen gine-ginen sama a Latin Amurka, kamar ta Tsakiyar Hasumiya ta Parque.  Gidan kayan gargajiya na fasahar zamani na Caracas yana daya daga cikin mafi mahimmanci a Kudancin Amurka.

## Tarihi
Kafin a kafa birnin a cikin 1567, kwarin Caracas yana da yawan jama'a na asali.  Francisco Fajardo, dan wani kyaftin din Spain da Guaiqueri cacica, wanda ya zo daga Margarita, ya fara kafa kauyuka a yankin La Guaira da kwarin Caracas tsakanin 1555 zuwa 1560. Fajardo ya yi kokarin kafa shuka a cikin kwarin a cikin 1562 bayan waɗannan.  Garuruwan bakin teku da ba su yi nasara ba, amma ba su dade ba: yan asalin yankin karkashin Terepaima da Guaicaipuro sun lalata su.  Matsugunin Fajardo na 1560 an san shi da Hato de San Francisco, kuma wani yunkuri na 1561 na Juan Rodríguez de Suárez ana kiransa Villa de San Francisco, kuma mutanen kasar suma sun lalata su.  Mazaunan Caracas na karshe sun fito ne daga Coro, babban birnin Jamus na Klein-Venedig mallaka a kusa da iyakar bakin tekun Colombia-Venezuela a yau;  daga 1540s, Mutanen Sipaniya sun kasance suna sarrafa yankin.  Komawa gabas daga Coro, kungiyoyin mazauna Mutanen Espanya sun kafa garuruwan cikin kasa ciki har da Barquisimeto da Valencia kafin isa ga kwarin Caracas.

## Manazarta