Trujillo, 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 Seal
	Trujillo
	Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°WCoordinates: 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	38,110
• Demonym	Trujillano(a)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal code	3150
Area code(s)	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] 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.

Twin cities[]

References[]

^ 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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[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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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 Seal
Trujillo
Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306Coordinates: 09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306
Country	Venezuela
State	Trujillo
Founded	9 October 1557
Elevation	1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
• Total	38,110
• Demonym	Trujillano(a)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Postal code	3150
Area code(s)	0272
Climate	Aw
Website	Alcaldía de Trujillo (in Spanish)