Valera (Venezuela)
 
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Location of the city of Valera in Venezuela |
Valera is a city in the state of Trujillo in Venezuela and is its economic center. The urban area covers an area of 240 km² and lies between the Río Momboy and Río Motatán . The city has 128,190 inhabitants.
The mayor is (2014) José Karkom.
The Universidad Valle del Momboy , a private university, is located in Valera .
Valera has two daily newspapers, the Diario de Los Andes and the Diario El Tiempo , and various radio stations, e.g. B. Angel FM 93.7 , which broadcasts can also be heard over the Internet.
sons and daughters of the town
- José Antonio Abreu (1939–2018), composer
- Antonieta Madrid (* 1939), writer
- José Luis Azuaje Ayala (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Maracaibo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2001 (Venezolaanse bureau voor statistiek) ( Memento of September 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
Coordinates: 9 ° 20 ′ N , 70 ° 37 ′ W