Bailadores

Bailadores is a town in the western part of the Mérida State of Venezuela and is the capital of the Rivas Dávila Municipality.

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Place details

Locality: Bailadores
Region: Mérida
Country: Venezuela
Population: 20,113
Timezone: America/Caracas

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bailadores
Settlement.image_skyline: 280px
Settlement.image_caption: View of Bailadores
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Rivas Davila.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo_municipio_Rivas_Dávila_(Mérida,_Venezuela).jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: States
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipalities
Settlement.subdivision_name: Venezuela
Settlement.subdivision_name1: State, Mérida
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rivas Dávila Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 14 September 1601
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Carla Pérez
Settlement.area_total_km2: 187
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Bailadores is a town in the western part of the Mérida State of Venezuela and is the capital of the Rivas Dávila Municipality.

==History== It was founded by Captain Luis Martín Martín, September 14, 1601, by appointment of founder Peter Sandes Court, from the Real Audiencia de Santa Fe de Bogotá.

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