Trujillo, Trujillo

For other uses, see 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)
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Trujillo
Coordinates: 09°22′00″N70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306
Country	Venezuela
State	Trujillo
Municipality	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)

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

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.

Notable People

• Yoel Daboín (born 2004) - footballer

Twin cities

• Trujillo, La Libertad (Peru)
• Trujillo (Honduras)
• Trujillo, Cáceres (Spain)

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.