| Valera | |
| Native Name: | Municipio Valera |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Trujillo |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Hiroshima Vásquez (PSUV) |
| Parts Type: | Parish |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 240 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 250000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Valerano |
| Timezone1: | VET |
| Utc Offset1: | -4 |
Valera is one of the twenty municipalities in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo.[2] Its capital is the city of Valera. In the 2011 census, its population was 250,000. It has an area of, giving it a population density of 567.2 inhabitants per km².
The municipality contains six parishes, Juan Ignacio Montilla, La Beatriz, La Puerta, Mendoza del Valle del Momboy, Mercedes Díaz and San Luis.