Trujillo, Trujillo

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 Trujillo
Official seal of Trujillo
Trujillo is located in Venezuela
Trujillo
Trujillo
Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306
CountryVenezuelaVenezuela
StateTrujillo
Founded9 October 1557
Elevation
1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
 • Total110,920
 • Density92.28/km2 (239.0/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Trujillano(a)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Postal code
3150
Area code0272
ClimateAw
WebsiteAlcaldía de Trujillo (in Spanish)

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.

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

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]

References[edit]

  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.