Mérida

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Mérida

Total population

250,303

Air quality index

12Good

Coordinates8.58°, -71.17°

Demographic figures from INE Venezuela. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mérida, officially known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida, is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes. It was founded in 1558 by Captain Juan Rodríguez Suárez, forming part of Nueva Granada, but later became part of the Captaincy General of Venezuela and played an active role in the War of Independence.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ignacio Andrade

president of Venezuela (1839-1925)

C

Carlos Ramos Rivas

Venezuelan politician

Stefanía Fernández

Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder

A

Ana Griselda Vegas

pageant titleholder

Leonel Vielma

Venezuelan footballer

G

Gabriel Urdaneta

Venezuelan footballer

F

Freddy Pérez

E

Elvis Martínez

Venezuelan footballer

J

José Alirio Contreras

Venezuelan racing cyclist

Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz

Venezuelan footballer

Jesús Meza

Venezuelan association football player

R

Roberto Antonio Dávila Uzcátegui

Venezuelan priest (1929–2021)

R

Román Delgado Chalbaud

Venezuelan naval officer, busienssmana nd politician (1882-1929)

M

Manuel Sanhouse

Venezuelan footballer

L

Louis Angelo Peña

Venezuelan footballer

W

Werner Hoeger

Venezuelan academic

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  7028.2 mi away
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  7029.5 mi away
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  7029.5 mi away
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  7029.7 mi away
• Ha Tseka
  7029.8 mi away
• Makeneng
  7031 mi away
• Motse-Mocha (Machekoaneng)
  7031.2 mi away
• Ha Gideone
  7031.5 mi away
• Ha Mafa
  7031.8 mi away
• Ramokholokotha
  7031.9 mi away
• Ha Takalimane
  7032 mi away

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Gallery

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