Mérida, Mérida

Mérida, offeecially kent as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, is the caipital o the municipality o Libertador an the state o Mérida, an is ane o the principal ceeties o the Venezuelan Andes. It wis foondit in 1558 by Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez, formin pairt o Nueva Granada, but later became part o the Captaincy General o Venezuela an played an active role in the War o Unthirldom.

Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida
Eik-name(s):  Ciudad de los Caballeros (Ceety o Gentlemen)
Motto(s):  Non potest civitas abscondi supra montem posita (A ceety on a hill canna be hidden Matthew 5:14)
Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida
Coordinates: 8°36′N 71°9′W
Kintra	Venezuela
States	Mérida
Municipalities	Libertador
Foondit	9 October 1558
Govrenment
• Mayor	Léster Rodríguez
Area
• Total	59.39 km2 (22.93 sq mi)
Elevation	1630 m (5,350 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	199,878
• Density	3365.52/km2 (8,716.7/sq mi)
• Demonym	Mérideño(a)
Time zone	UTC-4:30 (VST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4:30 (no observit)
Postal code	5101
Area code(s)	274
Website	http://www.merida.com.ve/

References

Bibliography

• Historia de Mérida, Carlos Chalbaud Zerpa, Universidad de Los Andes. 1985, Mérida, Venezuela.
• Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Edición de El Nacional. Caracas, Venezuela.
• Nuevo atlas práctico de Venezuela. Edición de El Nacional. Caracas, Venezuela.
• Enciclopedia Conocer Venezuela. Salvat. Navarra, España. ISBN 84-345-4251-X
• The Trolleybuses of Mérida: description, map, 29 illustrations http://www.tramz.com/ve/me/me.html Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

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