Boconó
Sign in to saveBoconó is a city in the Venezuelan Andean state of Trujillo. Founded in 1560, this city is the shire town of the Boconó Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 79,710.
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Place details
- Locality
- Boconó
- Region
- Trujillo
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 68,990
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Boconó
- Settlement.nickname
- "Jardín de Venezuela"(English: "Garden of Venezuela")
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- 300px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera bocono.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- EscudoBocono.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Venezuela - Trujillo - Boconó.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Boconó Municipality in Trujillo State
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Trujillo
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Boconó is a city in the Venezuelan Andean state of Trujillo. Founded in 1560, this city is the shire town of the Boconó Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 79,710.
==History== Of native origin, the name Boconó comes from the word Komboc, the name of a local river. On October 12, 1548, Diego Ruiz de Vallejo left El Tocuyo, under orders of Juan Villegas, to conquer the Cuicas Province, a name that was given by the natives that inhabited the area and where the Boconó valley was located, with the objective of taking gold from the mines that were supposedly in the area.