Venezuela. It is the shire town of the Campo El�as Municipality. It was founded in 1650 in an area with indigenous Guayabas, and became a center for cane sugar cultivation. It is close to the state capital, M�rida, M�rida, and forms part of its metropolitan area, with a total population of around 350,000. It is connected to M�rida by public transport, including the M�rida trolleybus system
