TRUXILLO, a town of the Republic of Venezuela, capital of a province of the same name, 90 miles S.W. of Barquisimeto. It occupies a narrow valley between two ridges of high mountains, and consists chiefly of two parallel streets. Though now a poor mean place, it is said to have been,
previously to 1678, when it was pillaged by the buccaneer Grammont, one of the finest and wealthiest cities in this part of America. Pop. 4700.