Trujillo (State)

Trujillo
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Basic data
Country	Venezuela
Capital	Trujillo
surface	7400 km²
Residents	840,600 (2017 estimate)
density	114 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	VE-T
Website	www.gbet.gov.ve (Spanish)
politics
governor	Hugo Cesar Cabezas Bracamonte
Political party	United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Coordinates: 9 ° 25 ′  N , 70 ° 30 ′  W

Trujillo is a state in western Venezuela , which is located in the Andes . It is bordered by Mérida to the west, Apure and Barinas to the south, Lara to the east and Falcón and Zulia to the north .

Its area is 7400 km² and it has about 840,600 inhabitants.

It is named after its capital Trujillo , which in turn is named after the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro .

The largest city in the state is Valera .

Administrative division

Trujillo is divided into the following districts ( Municipios ):

1. Andrés Bello ( Santa Isabel )
2. Boconó ( Boconó )
3. Bolívar ( Sabana Grande )
4. Candelaria ( Chejendé )
5. Carache ( Carache )
6. Escuque ( Escuque )
7. José Felipe Márquez Cañizales ( El Paradero )
8. José Vicente Campo Elías ( Campo Elías )
9. La Ceiba ( Santa Apolonia )
10. Miranda ( El Dividive )
11. Monte Carmelo ( Monte Carmelo )
12. Motatán ( Motatán )
13. Pampan ( pampan )
14. Pampanito ( pampanito )
15. Rafael Rangel ( Betijoque )
16. San Rafael de Carvajal ( Carvajal )
17. Sucre ( Sabana de Mendoza )
18. Trujillo ( Trujillo )
19. Urdaneta ( La Quebrada )
20. Valera ( Valera )