Tarija

Tarija is the capital and largest city of the of , with a population of some 268,000, and is the centre of Bolivia's fledgling wine industry.
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  • Type: City with 180,000 residents
  • Description: city ​of Bolivia
  • Also known as: City of Tarija”, “Ciudad Tarija”, “Saint Bernard of Tarija”, “Saint Bernardo of the Border”, “Town of Saint Bernard on the Border of Tarija”, “Town of Saint Bernard on the Border of Tarixa”, and “town of tarija

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio IV Centenario and Tarija Cathedral.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Tarija, . It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Unión Central, Ciclón, and Real Tomayapo. The stadium was remodeled in 2024 from a capacity of 15,000 up to 16,586.

Church
is a church.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Tarija, the capital of the of . The airport is in the southeastern section of the city, which is within a basin of the Cordillera Central mountain range.

Tarija

Latitude
-21.5339° or 21° 32′ 2″ south
Longitude
-64.7344° or 64° 44′ 4″ west
Population
180,000
Elevation
1,870 metres (6,135 feet)
Inception
July 4th, 1574
IATA airport code
TJA
United Nations Location Code
BO TJA
Open location code
57CQF788+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4098894827
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3903320
Wiki­data ID
Q35004
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Tarija” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Tarija
  • Arabic: تاريخا، بوليفيا
  • Arabic: تاريخا
  • Asturian: Tarija
  • Aymara: Tarixa
  • Basque: Tarija
  • Bengali: তারিজা
  • Breton: Tarija
  • Catalan: Tarija
  • Cebuano: Tarija (kapital sa departamento)
  • Cebuano: Tarija
  • Chinese: 塔里哈
  • Danish: Tarija
  • Dutch: Tarija
  • Egyptian Arabic: تاريخا
  • Esperanto: Tarija
  • Estonian: Tarija
  • Finnish: Tarija
  • French: San Bernardo de Tarija
  • French: Tarija (Bolivie)
  • French: Tarija
  • Galician: Tarija
  • Georgian: ტარიხა
  • German: San Bernardo de Tarija
  • German: Tarija
  • Greek: Ταρίτζα
  • Gujarati: તરિજા
  • Hebrew: טריחה
  • Hindi: तारिहा
  • Indonesian: Tarija, Bolivia
  • Indonesian: Tarija
  • Irish: Tarija
  • Italian: Tarija
  • Japanese: タリハ
  • Kannada: ತಾರಿಜಾ
  • Korean: 타리하
  • Ladino: Tarija
  • Latvian: Tarija
  • Lithuanian: Taricha
  • Lithuanian: Tarija
  • Macedonian: Тариха
  • Malay: Tarija
  • Maltese: Tarija
  • Marathi: तारीजा
  • Moksha: Тариха
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tarija
  • Norwegian: Tarija
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tarija
  • Persian: تاریخا
  • Polish: Tarija
  • Portuguese: San Bernardo de la Frontera
  • Portuguese: San Bernardo de Tarija
  • Portuguese: Tarija
  • Portuguese: Villa de San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarija
  • Portuguese: Villa de Tarija
  • Quechua: Tariha
  • Romanian: Tarija
  • Russian: Тариха
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tarija
  • Sinhala: ටරිජා, බොලිවියාව
  • Sinhala: ටරිජා
  • Slovenian: Tarija
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Tarija
  • Spanish: San Bernardo de la Frontera
  • Spanish: San Bernardo de Tarija
  • Spanish: Tarija
  • Spanish: Villa de San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarija
  • Spanish: Villa de San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa
  • Spanish: Villa de Tarija
  • Swedish: Tarija
  • Tamil: டரிஜா
  • Tatar: Тариха
  • Telugu: తరిజ
  • Thai: ตาริฆา
  • Turkish: Tarija
  • Ukrainian: Тариха
  • Ukrainian: Таріха
  • Urdu: تاریخا
  • Venetian: Tarija
  • Vietnamese: Tarija, Bolivia
  • Vietnamese: Tarija
  • Volapük: Tarija
  • Waray (Philippines): Tarija
  • Tarixa

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