Official Name: | Quíbor |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Name1: | Lara |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1620 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 70536 |
Timezone: | VST |
Utc Offset: | -4:30 |
Timezone Dst: | not observed |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4:30 |
Coordinates: | 9.9311°N -69.6247°W |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Population Blank1: | Quiboreno |
Area Code: | 0253 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3061 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | BSh |
Quíbor pronounced as /es/ is a city in the state of Lara, Venezuela. It has 70,536 inhabitants.
The region was inhabited well before the Europeans arrived. The first European record about the region dates back to 1545, when López Montalvo de Lugo, under order of governor Jorge de la Espira, arrived in the valley of Quíbor.
Venezuela's Captain General Francisco de la Hoz Berríos ordered the official foundation of Quíbor in June 1620, even if there was already a native American village there. The centre got as official name Nuestra Señora de Altagracia de Quíbor.