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Trujillo, Trujillo

Place in Trujillo, Venezuela

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09°22′00″N 70°25′59″W / 9.36667°N 70.43306°W / 9.36667; -70.43306Country

VenezuelaStateTrujilloFounded9 October 1557Elevation

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 code0272ClimateAwWebsiteAlcaldía 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.

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.

Twin cities

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

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.