Trujillo (PE)

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Trujillo (pronounced /truːˈhiːjoʊ/) is a city (919,899 inhabitants in 2017) in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is located on the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. This was a site of the great prehistoric Moche and Chimu cultures before the Inca conquest and subsequent expansion.

The Independence of Trujillo from Spain was proclaimed in the Historic Centre of Trujillo on December 29, 1820, and the city was honored in 1822 by the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the title "Meritorious City and Faithful to the Fatherland", for its role in the fight for Peruvian independence. Trujillo is the birthplace of Peru's judiciary, and it was twice designated as the capital of the country. It was the scene of the Revolution of Trujillo in 1932.

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Postal code: 13001

20th century

19th century

TRUJILLO on a 1858 issue.

Covers

Linear TRUJILLO on a 1860 cover with a pair dineros.