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
editFounded 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.
Notable People
edit- Yoel Daboín (born 2004) - footballer
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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