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12 unusual facts about Táchira


1875 Cúcuta earthquake

That day, the city of Cúcuta and the town of Villa del Rosario, in the Norte de Santander department (Colombia) and the municipalities of San Antonio del Táchira and Capacho, Táchira State (Venezuela) were destroyed totally by this catastrophic earthquake.

Biofilo Panclasta

In 1899 he left school and traveled to Venezuela, where, with Eleazar López Contreras, he founded the first Public School in the town of Capacho Nuevo, the capital of the Independencia municipality (State of Táchira).

Christiansen Academy

Christiansen Academy (also known as Academia Christiansen or C.A.) was a celebrated private boarding school that provided an American-style education from kindergarten through grade 12 in Rubio, Táchira, Venezuela.

Joel Casique

Joel Gerardo Casique (born 1958 in San Cristóbal, Venezuela; died 17 December 2010 in Caracas) was an artist who formed the Escuela Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas.

Josiane Bost

She was French pursuit champion in 1977 and 1978 and sprint champion in 1978.In 1977, she beat the American, Connie Carpenter, in the world road championship at San Cristóbal.

Montaña TV

available = Cordero, Andrés Bello Municipality, Tachira State (UHF

It was created in October 2004 and can be seen in the community of Cordero in the Andres Bello Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 69.

Táchira Antpitta

Between 1955 and 1956 the ornithologists William Henry Phelps and Alexander Wetmore collected four specimens in the type locality at the hacienda La Providencia at the Rio Chiquita in the south-western part of Táchira, Venezuela.

Táchira helicopter crash

The helicopter crashed at around midday local time (16.30 UTC) near El Alto de Rubio in the north-western state of Táchira in Venezuela.

Televisora Regional del Táchira

The Televisora Regional del Táchira (TRT) is a privately owned Venezuelan regional television network based in the city of San Cristóbal in Táchira.

Torbes River

Torbes River is an important river of short length which sources are located at the Táchira state, in Venezuela.

Vuelta al Táchira

The Vuelta ciclista al Táchira (English: Tour of Táchira) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each January since 1966 in the state of Táchira in western Venezuela.


Buena Televisión

Buena TV was inaugurated on August 1, 2006, by its founder, the then governor of the Tachira State Ronald Blanco La Cruz.

César González

César Eduardo González (born 1982), Venezuelan footballer for Deportivo Táchira

César Pérez

César Pérez Vivas (born 1957), Venezuelan lawyer and politician, Governor of Táchira

Francisco Arias Cárdenas

Born at San Cristóbal in Táchira, Arias graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in Caracas, the Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida, and the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia.

Marcos Pérez Jiménez

Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (Michelena, Táchira, April 25, 1914 – Alcobendas, Spain, September 20, 2001) was a Venezuelan military and general officer of the Army of Venezuela and the President of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958.

Simón Rodríguez Municipality, Táchira

Simón Rodríguez Municipality is one of the twenty-nine municipalities that composes the Táchira state in Los Andes of Venezuela.

Táchira Antpitta

The Táchira Antpitta (Grallaria chthonia) is a cryptical bird species.

Televisora Regional del Táchira

Including Táchira, TRT can be seen in the southern part of the Zulia, northeastern Barinas, and northern Apure in Venezuela.