Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela

Isnotú [is-noh-too'] is a tiny town located in the Venezuelan Andean state of Trujillo, roughly 269 miles (or 433 km) west of Caracas. Its geographical coordinates are 9° 22' 12" North, 70° 42' 1" West, and has an average daytime temperature of 25 °C (77 °F).[1]

Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°22′N 70°42′W

Isnotú was founded by Bishop Mariano Martí on April 13, 1777.[2] Its name came from the Indian tribe that inhabited the area at the time of its founding, the Isnotúes.[3][4]

Isnotú is the birthplace of Venerable Doctor José Gregorio Hernández. Daily thousands of people come there to visit the Santuario (the Sanctuary), which was built as a sign of gratitude for miraculous healings attributed to Dr. Hernández.[5]

Sources
  1. Average emperatures World Weather Online. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.
  2. Hernández Caballero, Serafín. (1998). Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. ISBN 980-6427-00-9 ISBN 980-6427-10-6.
  3. Vila, Marco Aurelio. Antecedentes coloniales de centros poblados de Venezuela, p 172. Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1978.
  4. Universidad Central de Venezuela – Biblioteca Willy Ossott Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. UCV.ve. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.
  5. José Gregorio Hernández Biography. Tiwi.com. Retrieved on November 22, 2015.
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