What is Mérida, Venezuela?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida |nickname = Ciudad de los Caballeros <br />(''City of Gentlemen'') |motto = Non potest civitas abscondi <br />supra montem posita<br >(''A city on a hill cannot be hidden<br />[[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 5:14'') |image_skyline = Ciudad de Merida, Venezuela.jpg |image_caption = View of Mérida |image_flag = Flag of the city of Mérida, Venezuela.svg |image_seal = ESC-L-Libertador.svg |image_shield = |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Venezuela |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[States of Venezuela|States]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Venezuela|Municipalities]] |subdivision_name = [[Venezuela]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Venezuelan State|State]], [[Mérida (state)|Mérida]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Libertador Municipality, Mérida|Libertador]] |established_title = Founded |established_date = October 9, 1558 |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |government_type = |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = [[Léster Rodríguez]] |area_total_km2 = 25 |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 345,489 |population_density_km2 = 8000 |population_blank1_title = [[Demonym]] |population_blank1 = Mérideño(a) |timezone = [[Venezuelan Standard Time Zone|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 = 274 |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 5101 |website = http://www.merida.gob.ve/ |footnotes = }} '''Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida''', [[Venezuela]], is the capital of the [[Municipalities of Venezuela|municipality]] of [[Libertador Municipality, Mérida|Libertador]] and the state