Valera Municipality

Valera
Valera ; Municipio Valera
	Municipality
	Flag Seal
	Location of Valera Municipality within the state of Trujillo
Country	Venezuela
State	Trujillo
Government
• Mayor	Hiroshima Vásquez (PSUV)
Area [1]
• Total	240 km2 (90 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	250,000
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Valerano
Time zone	UTC-4
Website	www.municipiovalera.gov.ve

Valera is one of the twenty municipalities in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.[2] Its capital is the city of Valera. In the 2011 census, its population was 250,000.[1] It has an area of 240 km² (93 sq mi), giving it a population density of 567.2 inhabitants per km².

The municipality contains six parishes, Juan Ignacio Montilla, La Beatriz, La Puerta, Mendoza del Valle del Momboy, Mercedes Díaz and San Luis.

References

"Results by federal entity and state municipalities: Trujillo" (PDF). National census of population and housing 2011. National Institute of Statistics (Venezuela). Retrieved December 13, 2018.
"Territorial Political Division of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics (Venezuela). Retrieved December 13, 2018.

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[2011Census-1] "Results by federal entity and state municipalities: Trujillo" (PDF). National census of population and housing 2011. National Institute of Statistics (Venezuela). Retrieved December 13, 2018.

[DPT-2] "Territorial Political Division of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics (Venezuela). Retrieved December 13, 2018.