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CARACAS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Sunday renamed Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall, saying it should be called by its indigenous name Kerepakupai Meru.

Angel Falls are named after a U.S. explorer Jimmie Angel, who in the 1930s crashed his plane onto the table-top mountain where the roughly 3,280-feet (1 kilometer) drop begins.

"This is ours, long before Angel arrived there," Chavez said on his weekly television show, in front of a large painted mural of the falls and surrounding jungle.
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