Bailadores
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|official_name = Bailadores
|nickname =
|motto =
| image_skyline = 280px
| image_caption = View of Bailadores
|image_flag = Flag of Rivas Davila.svg
|image_seal =Escudo_municipio_Rivas_Dávila_(Mérida,_Venezuela).jpg
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Venezuela
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1 = States
|subdivision_type2 = Municipalities
|subdivision_name = Venezuela
|subdivision_name1 = State, Mérida
|subdivision_name2 = Rivas Dávila Municipality
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 14 September 1601
|established_title2 =
|established_date2 =
|government_type =
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nilson Peña
|area_total_km2 = 187
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 16,841
|population_density_km2 = 673.64
|population_blank1_title = Demonym
|population_blank1 = Bailadoreño(a)
|timezone = VST
|utc_offset = -4:30
|timezone_DST = not observed
|utc_offset_DST = -4:30
|coordinates = {{coord|8|36|N|71|9|W|region:VE|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 1630
|elevation_footnotes =
|area_code = 275
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 5133
|website = http://www.merida.gob.ve/
|footnotes =
}}
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.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
Notable people
- Guillermo Davila, actor and singer
Image:Iglesia de Bailadores, Mérida.jpg
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Category:Cities in Mérida (state)
Category:Populated places established in 1601
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