Valencia, Venezuela
Valencia (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈlensja]) is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
For other places with the same name, see Valencia (disambiguation).
Valencia
March 25, 1555
1,548 km2 (598 sq mi)
520 m (1,710 ft)
2,585,202
Valenciano(a)
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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.
Government[edit]
The City of Valencia is made of five (5) municipalities:[6] Valencia, Libertador, Los Guayos, Naguanagua, and San Diego.
Venezuelan law specifies that every municipal government must have four main functions: executive, legislative, comptroller, and planning. The executive function is managed by the mayor of each municipality, who is in charge of representing the municipality's administration. The legislative branch is represented by the Municipal Council, composed of seven councillors for each municipality, charged with the deliberation of new decrees and local laws. The comptroller tasks are managed by the municipal comptroller's office, which oversees accountancy. Finally, planning is represented by the Local Public Planning Council, which manages development projects for the municipality.
Media[edit]
The main newspapers of the region are El Carabobeño[7] and Notitarde,[8] with a circulation going from 75,000 to 92,000.
The main TV Stations in Valencia are Ecovisión (Channel 36 UHF) and DAT TV(Channel 30 UHF)
The private Digital Newspaper of Carabobo State is Agencia Carabobeña de Noticias (ACN).
The city is well connected with the rest of the country by a network of highways and roads maintained by INVIAL.
Valencia is twinned with: