Valencia
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Valencia is a city located in Carabobo State in Venezuela. It is one of Venezuela's major urban centers and serves as an important economic and cultural hub in the country.
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Place details
- Locality
- Valencia
- Region
- Carabobo
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 1,619,470
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key dates
- Inception
- 25 March 1555
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- valenciano
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Carabobo
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- +1484430
- Area
- +119
- Elevation
- +520
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Lake Tacarigua o Valencia
- Capital of
- Municipio Valencia
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Valencia ( Spanish pronunciation: [baˈlensja]) is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay metropolitan region, which with a population of about 4.5 million is the country's second largest after that of Caracas. Caracas lies some 172 kilometres (107 miles) away to the east.