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Trujillo
Nuestra Señora de la Paz de Trujillo
Top:Panoramic view of Trujillo, from La Paz Monument, Second:Panoramic view of Trujillo and Trujillo Cathedral, Gonzalico Hills, (Cerro de Gonzalico), Bottom:Cristobal Mendoza Square (Plaza Cristobal de Mendoza) (all items were left to right)
Flag of TrujilloFlagOfficial seal of TrujilloSeal
Trujillo is located in VenezuelaTrujilloTrujillo
Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306
CountryVenezuelaVenezuela
StateTrujillo
Founded9 October 1557
Elevation1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
 • Total110,920
 • Density92.28/km (239.0/sq mi)
 • DemonymTrujillano(a)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Postal code3150
Area code0272
ClimateAw
WebsiteAlcaldía de Trujillo (in Spanish)

Trujillo is the capital city of Trujillo State in Venezuela. About 40,000 people live in this city, located in El Valle de Los Mukas.

La Virgen de la Paz Monument in Trujillo, the tallest statue in South America.
Monument of Trujillenses Heroes.

History

Founded by one of the "Conquistadores de America", Diego García de Paredes (1506–1563), son of Diego García de Paredes (the father), (1466–1534), Spanish soldier and duellist, native of Trujillo in Extremadura, Spain.

In 1678, Trujillo was the farthest point in a daring raid on Spanish-held Venezuela, carried out by six pirate ships and 700 men led by the French buccaneer Michel de Grammont.

Simon Bolívar promulgated the Decree of War to the Death in the city on 15 June 1813.

Notable People

Twin cities

References

  1. Corte, Trujillo (Venezuela : State) Gobernador (1959). Exposición del ciudadano gobernador del Estado Trujillo doctor Luis La Corte a la Asamblea Legislativa en sus sesiones ordinarias de 1959: con motivo de la presentación del proyecto de ley de presupuesto de ingresos y gastos públicos para el año fiscal 1959-1960 (in Spanish). Secretaría y Oficina de Relaciones Públicas, Sección de Public.
  2. Jamail, Milton H. (2008-01-01). Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom: Andres Reiner and Scouting on the New Frontier. U of Nebraska Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8032-1742-3.
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