This article is about a city in Venezuela. For other uses, see Valera (disambiguation)

Valera (disambiguation)

Valera can refer to:Places*Valera, city in Venezuela*Valera District, PeruPeople*Éamon de Valera , Irish statesman*Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia , Spanish sculptor*Juan Valera , Spanish author...

.

Valera is a city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 in Trujillo State in Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, situated between the rivers Momboy and Motatán. The mayor is Temístocles Cabezas, who has had that post since 2009. The city is home to Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Colombian and Spanish communities. It is also home to the Universidad Valle del Momboy, a private university and the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Trujillo (IUTET), a three year public technical institute.

The city is the commercial center of Trujillo state, and a gateway to the Andes region of Venezuela. It has a vibrant business community, as well as a diverse and educated workforce. As the economic and commercial center of Trujillo state, Valera has a vibrant business community. Valera is a leading commercial centre for the agricultural products in Venezuela, in which sugarcane, cacao, coffee, fruit, and grains are cultivated. Flour milling is a principal industry. The area has traditionally supplied about one-fourth of the nation’s wheat.

The city has three daily papers, the Diario de Los Andes, Todo Primicias and the Diario El Tiempo, http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ve along with several radio stations, including Angel FM 93.7. Others include Radio Unica (http:///www.unica999.net). Valera also publishes the Magazine Cars Trujillo, its first magazine about cars.

External links