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Valera is a city in Trujillo State in Venezuela, situated between the rivers Momboy and Motatán. The mayor is José Karkom, who has had that post since 2013. 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, as well as the Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Trujillo (IUTET). Also, the Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez (UNESR), the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL), among others.
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 is a leading distribution 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.
Valera can refer to:
Places
- Valera, city in Venezuela
- Valera District, Peru
People
- Éamon de Valera (1882-1975), Irish statesman
- Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia (1912-1989), Spanish sculptor
- Juan Valera (1824–1905), Spanish author
- Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1876-1932), Spanish sculptor
- Rodman Valera (born 1982), Venezuelan volleyball player
- in Russian "Valera" is diminutive from the masculine name Valery
Spanish Bible
- The Reina-Valera Bible, Spanish translation of the Bible popular among Spanish-speaking Protestants
Usage examples of "valera".
All around us the conversation has stopped and the patrons of the Eamon de Valera are looking forward to the floor show.
For a moment, Lord Darcy had thought that last bit of heavy sarcasm from the King had made Lord High Admiral Peter de Valera ap Smith angry.
One of the Teeming Millions wrote in a while back with the curious claim that there have been several Spanish-surnamed Sephardic Jews involved in Ireland over the years, notably the patriot Eamon de Valera.
This obviously made a strong impression on a bat who felt himself to be, among other things, heir to the mantle of De Valera.
The flagship, I suggested, should be called the Mary Stuart or the De Valera or, better still, the Don Juan.
The possibility of a landing in Ireland is evidently believed in by many people including de Valera.
And a mass-meeting in Birmingham's demanded that this Mick agitator, this fellow De Valera, be deported.
Me, I'd found a paperback about the Irish revolution and how de Valera raised pookas against the British.
Valera was bewildered and delighted by the madness of Manwright's house, and enchanted by the high style with which Galatea flowed through it with equally mad comments.