Mountain
Teta de Niquitao
Discover Teta de Niquitao-Guirigay, Venezuela’s highest peak at 4006m, a protected Andean natural monument in Trujillo.
Trujillo is one of the twenty-three states that, together with the Capital District and the Federal Dependencies, make up the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Its capital is the homonymous Trujillo and its most populated city is Valera. It is located in the west of the country, in the Andes region. It is bordered to the north by Zulia and Lara, to the east by Portuguesa, to the south by Barinas, to the southwest by Mérida and to the west by Lake Maracaibo. With 7400 km² it is the sixth least extensive state – ahead of Yaracuy, Aragua, Carabobo, Vargas and Nueva Esparta, the least extensive – and with 887,064 inhabitants in 2023, the eighth least populated, ahead of Yaracuy, Nueva Esparta, Apure, Vargas, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro and Amazonas, the least populated.
It has 20 autonomous municipalities and 93 civil parishes. Its main cities are: Trujillo, Valera, Boconó and Carvajal.
Discover Teta de Niquitao-Guirigay, Venezuela’s highest peak at 4006m, a protected Andean natural monument in Trujillo.