Trujillo is the capital city of Trujillo State in Venezuela.[1] About 40,000 people live in this city,[2] [needs update]located in El Valle de Los Mukas.
Trujillo | |
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| 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) | |
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.svg)  Trujillo | |
| Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Trujillo |
| Founded | 9 October 1557 |
| Elevation | 1,400 m (4,600 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 110,920 |
| • Density | 92.28/km2 (239.0/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Trujillano(a) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Postal code | 3150 |
| Area code | 0272 |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | Alcaldía de Trujillo (in Spanish) |
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History edit
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Simon Bolívar promulgated the Decree of War to the Death in the city on 15 June 1813.
Twin cities edit
- Trujillo, La Libertad (Peru)
- Trujillo (Honduras)
- Trujillo, Cáceres (Spain)
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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