Place:Táchira, Venezuela

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NameTáchira
Alt namesEstado Táchirasource: Wikipedia
Táchirasource: Family History Library Catalog
Táchirasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeState
Coordinates7.833°N 72.083°W
Located inVenezuela
Contained Places
Inhabited place
La Fría
La Grita
Palmira
Pregonero
Rubio
San Antonio del Táchira
San Cristóbal ( 1561 - )
San Juan de Colón
Sucre
Táriba
Ureña
Unknown
Alejandro Fernández Feo
Andrés Bello
Antonio Rómulo Costa
Bernavé Vivas
Boca de Grita
Boconó
Borotá
Bramón
Colón
Constitución
Cárdenas
Córdoba
Delicias
Doradas
El Cobre
El Palotal
Emeterio Ochoa
García de Hevia
Guasimos
Hernández
Independencia
Isaías Medina Angarita
José Antonio Páez
José Trinidad Colmeneares
Juan Germán Ruscio
Juan Pablo Peñaloza
Juan Vicente Gómez
La Concordia
La Florida
La Palmita
Libertad
Lobatera
Michelena
Nueva Arcadia
Pedro María Morantes
Petrólea
Potosí
Queniquea
Quinimarí
Rivas Berti
Román Cárdenas
Samuel Darío Maldonado
San Antonio de Caparo
San Joaquín de Navay
San José de Bolívar
San Juan Bautista
San Judas Tadeo
San Pedro del Río
San Sebastián
San Simón
Santa Ana
Santo Domingo
Seboruco
Timoteo Chacón
Umuquena
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Táchira State is one of the 24 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal.

Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908. At the end of the 19th century, Táchira State was where oil was discovered in Venezuela. Currently, its main economic revenues come from the production of coffee and pineapple. The cattle and agricultural activities play an important role in Táchira's economy. There is also a strong industrial sector which focuses on the processing of potato, sugar, milk, and cheese and the production of textiles.

Táchira State is one of the three Venezuelan Andean states (the other two are Mérida and Trujillo). This state borders Zulia State to the north, Barinas and Mérida States to the east, Apure and Barinas States to the south, and Colombia (Norte de Santander Department) to the west.

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