Táchira

Táchira State is one of the 23 states of . The state capital is . Táchira State covers a total surface area of 11,100 square kilometres and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908.
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San Cristobal is a leafy, prosperous city of west . The city is in a mountainous valley in the temperate green hills of the Andes bordering .

Táchira

Latitude
7.8333° or 7° 50′ north
Longitude
-72.0833° or 72° 5′ west
Population
1,180,000
Elevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)
Open location code
67V9RWM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3626553
Wiki­data ID
Q41144
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Táchira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ولاية تاتشيرا
  • Aragonese: Estato Tachira
  • Aragonese: Estau Táchira
  • Aragonese: Tachira
  • Aragonese: Táchira
  • Armenian: Տաչիրա
  • Asturian: Estáu Táchira
  • Asturian: Táchira
  • Basque: Táchira (estatua)
  • Basque: Táchira
  • Belarusian: Тачыра
  • Belarusian: Штат Тачыра
  • Bengali: তাচিরা
  • Breton: Táchira
  • Bulgarian: Тачира
  • Catalan: Estat de Táchira
  • Catalan: Táchira
  • Cebuano: Estado Táchira
  • Chinese: Táchira
  • Chinese: 塔奇拉
  • Chinese: 塔奇拉州
  • Cornish: Táchira
  • Czech: Táchira
  • Danish: Táchira
  • Dutch: Tachira
  • Dutch: Táchira
  • Esperanto: Táchira
  • Estonian: Tachira osariik
  • Estonian: Táchira osariik
  • Estonian: Tachira
  • Estonian: Táchira
  • Finnish: Táchira
  • French: Etat de Tachira
  • French: État de Tachira
  • French: État de Táchira
  • French: Tachira
  • French: Táchira
  • Galician: Táchira
  • Georgian: ტაჩირის შტატი
  • German: Tachira
  • German: Táchira
  • Greek: Τάτσιρα
  • Gujarati: તાચીરા
  • Hausa: Jihar Tachira
  • Hausa: Táchira
  • Hebrew: טאצ’ירה
  • Hindi: ताचीरा
  • Ido: Táchira
  • Indonesian: Táchira
  • Italian: Tachira
  • Italian: Táchira
  • Japanese: タチラ州
  • Kannada: ಟಾಚಿರಾ
  • Korean: 타치라
  • Korean: 타치라주
  • Ladino: Tachira
  • Latvian: Tačira
  • Lithuanian: Tačira
  • Macedonian: Тачира
  • Malay: Táchira
  • Marathi: ताचीरा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Táchira
  • Northern Frisian: Táchira (Bundesstoot)
  • Northern Frisian: Táchira
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Táchira
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tachira
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Táchira
  • Norwegian: Táchira
  • Occitan (post 1500): Táchira
  • Ossetian: Тачирæ
  • Ossetian: Тачира
  • Persian: ایالت تاچیرا
  • Persian: تاچیرا
  • Polish: Tachira
  • Polish: Táchira
  • Portuguese: Estado de Táchira
  • Portuguese: Estado Táchira
  • Portuguese: Táchira
  • Pushto: تاچیرا آیالات
  • Quechua: Táchira suyu
  • Romanian: Táchira
  • Russian: Тачира
  • Scots: Táchira
  • Serbian: Тачира
  • Serbo-Croatian: Táchira
  • Sinhala: ටචිරා ප්‍රාන්තය, වෙනිසියුලාව
  • Sinhala: ටාචිරා
  • Slovak: Táchira
  • Slovenian: Táchira
  • South Azerbaijani: تاچیرا ایالتی
  • Spanish: Estado Táchira
  • Spanish: Táchira
  • Swedish: Táchira
  • Tajik: Иёлати Тачира
  • Tajik: Иёлоти Тачира
  • Tamil: டச்சிரா
  • Telugu: టకీరా
  • Thai: รัฐตาชิรา
  • Thai: รัฐตาชีรา
  • Turkish: Táchira Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Táchira
  • Ukrainian: Тачира
  • Urdu: تاچیرا
  • Vietnamese: Táchira (bang)
  • Vietnamese: Táchira
  • Waray (Philippines): Táchira
  • Wayuu: Taachira
  • Welsh: Táchira
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ تاچرا
  • Wu Chinese: 塔奇拉州
  • Táchira

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