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Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela

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Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela
Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela is located in VenezuelaIsnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°21′57″N 70°42′09″W / 9.36583°N 70.70250°W / 9.36583; -70.70250

Isnotú is a tiny town located in the Venezuelan Andean state of Trujillo, roughly 269 miles (or 433 km) west of Caracas. It has an average daytime temperature of 25 °C (77 °F).

Isnotú was founded by Bishop Mariano Martí on April 13, 1777. Its name came from the Indian tribe that inhabited the area at the time of its founding, the Isnotúes.

Isnotú is the birthplace of Blessed Doctor José Gregorio Hernández. Daily thousands of people come there to visit the Santuario (the Sanctuary), which was built as a sign of gratitude for miraculous healings attributed to Dr. Hernández.

Sources

  1. Average emperatures World Weather Online. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.
  2. Hernández Caballero, Serafín. (1998). Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. ISBN 980-6427-00-9 ISBN 980-6427-10-6.
  3. Vila, Marco Aurelio. Antecedentes coloniales de centros poblados de Venezuela, p 172. Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1978.
  4. Universidad Central de Venezuela – Biblioteca Willy Ossott Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. UCV.ve. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.
  5. José Gregorio Hernández Biography. Tiwi.com. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.


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