Trujillo is the capital city of
Trujillo State in
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
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About 40,000 people live in this city,
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.
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
Buccaneers were a kind of privateer or free sailors, and pirates particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 u ...
Michel de Grammont.
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
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Trujillo, La Libertad (Peru)
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Trujillo (Honduras)
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Trujillo, Cáceres
Trujillo () is a municipality located in Extremadura, an autonomous community of Spain in the Province of Cáceres. In 2013 the municipality had 9,086 inhabitants (INE Census, 2013). Originally settled on a granite knoll, which was readily fortif ...
(Spain)
References
Cities in Trujillo (state)
Populated places established in 1557
1557 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Trujillo, Venezuela
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