Trujillo (state)
Trujillo State (Spanish: Estado Trujillo, Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðo tɾuˈxiʝo] (
Trujillo | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Himno del Estado Trujillo | |
 Location within Venezuela | |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Created | 1899 |
| Capital | Trujillo |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Council |
| • Governor | Henry Rangel Silva (2012–present) |
| • Assembly delegation | 5 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,198 km2 (2,779 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 18th |
| 0.81% of Venezuela | |
| Population (2011 census est.) | |
| • Total | 686,367 |
| • Rank | 17th |
| 2.58% of Venezuela | |
| Time zone | UTC-04:00 (VET) |
| ISO 3166 code | VE-T |
| Emblematic tree | Bucare anauco (Erythrina fusca) |
| Website | www |
History
Spanish colonization
The city of Trujillo was founded in 1557 by the conquistador and captain Diego García de Paredes, in honor of his homonymous and native town located in Extremadura, Spain. Hostility from the Kuikas Indians and natural calamities forced changes in settlement, but on October 27, 1570 the town was finally located under the temporary name of Trujillo de Nuestra Señora de la Paz. It is also known as the Portable City because of its many foundations due to the fierce resistance of the indigenous people who inhabited that territory when defending their lands .
On December 31, 1676, Maracaibo (separated from the province of Venezuela) and Mérida-La Grita are united in a government, which includes in its territory the current state of Trujillo, called the Province of Mérida del Espíritu Santo of Maracaibo (capital in Mérida) dependent on the Audiencia of Bogotá.
In 1677 the French pirate Michel de Grandmont sacked the city of Trujillo after subduing Maracaibo and Gibraltar on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. In 1678 Governor Jorge de Madureira moves the capital from Merida to Maracaibo and changes the name to Province of Maracaibo.
On September 8, 1777, King Carlos III created the Captaincy General of Venezuela by Royal Decree, adding the surrounding provinces to his jurisdiction "in the governmental and military field" and ordering the governors of those provinces to "obey" the Captain General and "carry out his orders". The provinces of Cumaná, Maracaibo, Guayana, Trinidad and Margarita are separated from the viceroyalty of New Granada and united with the province of Venezuela. In addition, those of Maracaibo and Guayana pass from the jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Bogotá to that of Santo Domingo, to which the others already belong.
It was part of the Province of Caracas until 1786, when it became an integral part of the Province of Maracaibo. A Royal Decree of February 15, 1786 ordered the transfer of the city of Trujillo from the governorship of Caracas to that of Maracaibo. The same document separated the city of Barinas from Maracaibo, choosing it as a separate province.
19th and 20th centuries
In 1810 the city and district of Trujillo separated from the Province of Maracaibo to create a new province, which would be a signatory of the Venezuelan Independence Act in 1811.
On June 15, 1813, Simón Bolívar, the Liberator, signs in the town of Trujillo at 3:00 AM the Decree of War to Death against the Spaniards and the Canaries until they were granted freedom, which makes Trujillo a very important city in the history and the War of Independence of Venezuela.
On July 2, 1813 the patriots, under the command of Colonel Jose Felix Ribas, defeated the royalists in the battle of Niquitao in the framework of the Admirable Campaign.
On November 27, 1820 in the town of Santa Ana de Trujillo, Simón Bolívar and Captain General Pablo Morillo sign the Treaty of Armistice and Regularization of the War. By means of these treaties the war to death was officially repealed, a truce of six months was agreed in addition to constituting a de facto recognition of the Great Colombia by the crown of Spain.
When Venezuela separated from Gran Colombia in 1830, the Department of Zulia was renamed the Province of Maracaibo. The provinces of Merida and Coro were immediately separated, leaving the province composed only of the sections Zulia and Trujillo.
In 1831 the province of Trujillo was constituted by separating from the province of Maracaibo which was composed only of the Zulia section. The state of Trujillo was created in 1863, as it would be during the government of Juan Vicente Gómez, when he created more states after being diminished by Cipriano Castro.
Between 1859 and 1864, during the Federal War, the state was strangely divided into two factions, the conservatives of Jajó and the liberals of Santiago. In 1863 the state was created as Trujillo, formed by the former province of Trujillo that had been created in 1810, with the territory that had been assigned to it in 1856: Trujillo, Escuque, Boconó and Carache. In that same year it was called the Sovereign State of Los Andes; but the Constitution of 1864 recognizes it as the state of Trujillo. In 1881 it is part, together with Mérida and Táchira, of the Great State of Los Andes
In 1887, the port of La Ceiba became very important when the Gran Ferrocarril La Ceiba-Sabana de Mendoza began operations and later in 1895 it was extended to Motatán. In 1898, it was separated and organized again as Trujillo State, giving itself a new Constitution in 1899; with this denomination it has continued until today.
The railway line begins to lose importance in 1925 with the inauguration of the Trasandina Highway, as well as the progressive decrease of coffee production in Venezuela. In the era of President Juan Vicente Gómez, the population of Trujillo was almost entirely foreign and commercial, but after its fall, its cultural development began. The Ateneo de Trujillo (Kuikas complex) is an example, little by little this population became a city and capital of the state. Among other towns, the most important are Boconó and Valera, both of which are great tourist attractions.
Geography
The state of Trujillo is mainly mountainous as it is crossed from southwest to northeast by the Andes mountain range, although it also has hills and plains.
The Andes Mountains are divided here into three branches, these are separated by the Motatan and Boconó valleys. The highlight of the state is the 4,006 m Teta de Niquitao. The plains are the Sabanas de Monay and the plains of El Cenizo. The shores that border Lake Maracaibo are swampy. Trujillo State is the smallest of the Andean states, and the one with the lowest absolute population as well, although its density is higher than Merida State. It is located in western Venezuela.
Limits
The boundaries of the state of Trujillo are:
- To the north, it borders the states of Zulia and Lara.
- To the South, it borders the states of Merida and Barinas.
- To the East, it borders the State of Portugues
- To the West, it borders on the State of Zulia and has coasts on the Lake of Maracaibo.
Relief
The relief is rugged because it is located in the Venezuelan Andes (Sierra de Merida), which is part of the great Andes Mountains, although it has a vast flat region in the depression of Lake Maracaibo.
Climate
The climate is tropical mountainous, and the temperature can be between 20° and 10 °C approximately. However, there are areas such as Monay where the temperature can reach 35°C and in the páramo area, such as the Riecito area at the border of the Urdaneta, Boconó, and Trujillo municipalities, where the average temperature drops to 4°C. The relief favors the formation of a series of local climates, where the winds play a very important role, penetrating the state from the northeast, as well as from the east. The predominant climate in almost the entire state corresponds, according to Köeppen's classification, to a savanna climate (Aw), with an average annual temperature in the state capital of approximately 23.5 °C and rainfall of up to 936 mm per year. Soils Despite its traditionally agricultural character, the state of Trujillo has a limited amount of land suitable for agriculture. The presence of large mountain areas is a determining factor in this limitation. However, the State Management Plan states that 64.5% of the territory has good conditions for the implementation of a variety of agricultural production systems of a certain intensity, and that the remaining 35.5% is covered by natural protective vegetation. The development of an intensive agriculture must be subordinated to conservation practices of the resources involved, that is why three levels of preservation of lands with potential for agricultural activity are proposed: maximum, medium and low, expressing each one of them different degrees of flexibility in the defense of the soil resource.
Hydrography
Rivers Motatan River Carache River Boconó River Burate River River Castan Jimenez River River Caus Rio Pocó Piedras Negras River Escuque River, known as the Quebrada de Escuque.
Demographics
The main cities in the state of Trujillo are: Valera, a city that is the economic capital of the state, and at the same time, the city with the largest population (165,848 inhabitants in 2015 and about 200,000 with the conglomerate Valera-Carvajal). Another important city is Boconó, which is one of the cities with the largest population of the state (127,420 inhabitants), this is an agro-industrial city. Trujillo is the political-administrative capital of the state, with some growth in tourism and other economies. Other important towns are: La Puerta, Pampán, a town of historical importance, Pampanito, Cuicas, Santa Ana de Trujillo, Carache, a great producer of papelón, Betijoque, Escuque, Motatán and others, towns of great regional culture, among others. Its main and only port is La Ceiba located on the eastern coast of Lake Maracaibo.
Economy
The state bases its economic activity mainly on agriculture, which is complemented by other important sectors.
- Breeding: Poultry, Aquaculture, Bovine, Sheep and Pigs.
- Fishing: Dogfish, Smooth, Skate, Bass and Crab.
- Agricultural Products: Coffee, Cambur, Sugar Cane, Corn, Potato, Banana, Beet, Yucca and Mushroom, of which 40,000 kg are currently produced in Boconó. It should also be noted that in the agricultural area there is a growing development that is supported by more than ten (10) Fish Production Units, which maintain considerable levels of production of Trout in the Municipality of Boconó (50. 000 kg/year); Tilapias in the El Jaguito sector of the Andrés Bello Municipality (100,000 kg/year) and the Artificial Reproduction Plant located in El Corazón Moor, "El Riecito" sector (Municipality of Trujllo), whose production of trout fry is close to 300,000 units/year.
- Forest Resources: Carob tree, Apamate, Gateado, Jabillo, Jobo, Roble, Vera, among others.
- Mineral Resources: Despite the discovery of oil in Lake Maracaibo at the beginning of the 20th century, oil activity in Tomoporo only began timidly in the 1980s, when the TOM-1 well was drilled in 1986. With the drilling of the TOM-7 well in 1999 by EXXON Mobil, which produced 16,000 barrels per day, a giant field was discovered, which is now 25 wells in 2009. Among other mineral resources being exploited in the state are Silica Sands, Limestone, Feldspar, Granite, and Mica.
Municipalities and municipal seats
| Municipality | Seat |
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| Andrés Bello | Santa Isabel |
| Boconó | Boconó |
| Bolívar | Sabana Grande |
| Candelaria | Chejendé |
| Carache | Carache |
| Escuque | Escuque |
| José Felipe Márquez Cañizales | El Paradero |
| José Vicente Campo Elías | Campo Elías |
| La Ceiba | Santa Apolonia |
| Miranda | El Dividive |
| Monte Carmelo | Monte Carmelo |
| Motatán | Motatán |
| Pampán | Pampán |
| Pampanito | Pampanito |
| Rafael Rangel | Betijoque |
| San Rafael de Carvajal | Carvajal |
| Sucre | Sabana de Mendoza |
| Trujillo | Trujillo |
| Urdaneta | La Quebrada |
| Valera | Valera |
Population
Education
Government and politics
Like other states, the structure of the government of Trujillo is laid out in the Constitution, the highest law in the state.
The Governor of Trujillo is in charge of the government and administration, serves for a four-year term and can be re-elected to an additional term only immediately and only once.
The state legislature is made up of a single body, the Legislative Council. It has the power to pass the state's Budget Law.
Like the other 23 federal entities of Venezuela, the State maintains its own police force, which is supported and complemented by the National Police and the Venezuelan National Guard.
References
- "GeoHive - Venezuela population statistics". Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- "Resultado Básico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011 (Mayo 2014)" (PDF). Ine.gov.ve. p. 29. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
External links
- Trujillo - Venezuela Tuya (in English)
- Trujillo - Venezuela Tuya (in Spanish)
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