Padua is in Venezuela.
Padua ( [ ˈpædju.ə ] or [ ˈpædʒu.ə ] , Padova [ ˈpaːdova ] ; Pàdova ) is a city and comune in Veneto , northern Italy . It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area . The city is sometimes included , with Venice ( Italian Venezia ) and Treviso , in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area , which has a population of c. 1,600,000 . Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River , 40 km west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza . Venezuela ( [ vɛnəˈzweɪlə ] ; [ beneˈswela ] ) , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( República Bolivariana de Venezuela ) , is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America .