Michelena is a town in
Táchira state
Táchira State ( es, Estado Táchira, ) 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 19t ...
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Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It was founded in 1849 by José Amando Pérez. It has a population of 22.500.
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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, currently serving life sentence in France for killing three people, was born here.
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Marcos Pérez Jiménez
Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (25 April 1914 – 20 September 2001) was a Venezuelan military and general officer of the Army of Venezuela and the dictator of Venezuela from 1950 to 1958, ruling as member of the military junta from 1 ...
, a former president of Venezuela, was born there.
Populated places in Táchira
Populated places established in 1849
1849 establishments in Venezuela
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