San Antonio del Táchira is a city in the Venezuelan Andean

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Táchira 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 ...

. The busy highway across the

Simón Bolívar International Bridge The Simón Bolívar International Bridge ( es, Puente Internacional Simón Bolívar) is a bridge across the Táchira River on the Venezuela–Colombia border, connecting the city of San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela with the small town of ...

linking the cities of

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, Colombia, and San Cristóbal, Venezuela, passes through San Antonio del Táchira, making it an important gateway between the two nations. This city is the

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of the Municipio Bolívar de Táchira and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan

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, the municipality has a population of 48,171.

History

General

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...

passed through this city during his

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on March 1, 1813.

Demographics

The Bolívar Municipality, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, has a population of 48,171 (up from 39,752 in 1990). This amounts to 4.9% of Táchira's population. The municipality's population density is 611.6 people per square mile (236.13/km²).

Government

San Antonio del Táchira is the

of the Bolívar Municipality in Táchira. The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez, elected in 2004 with 48% of the vote. He replaced Ramon Vivas shortly after the last municipal elections in October 2004.

Economy

Transportation

Airport

The city's airport,

Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport , is an airport serving San Antonio del Táchira, in the Táchira state of Venezuela. In June 1993, it was renamed in honor of the early Venezuelan President Juan Vicente Gómez, who was from Táchira, in ...

, is located 2 kilometers northeast of the city.

Bridges

The

, crossing the

Táchira River The Táchira River is a river located in Táchira and it divides the border that exists between Venezuela and Colombia in that western state. The Simón Bolívar International Bridge across the Táchira River connects the city of San Antonio de ...

leads to

in Colombia.

Sites of interest

Squares and parks

*Plaza Bolívar (located between carreras 9 and 10 and calles 3 and 4) *Plaza Miranda (located between carreras 12 and 13 and calles 4 and 5)

References

External links

bolivar-tachira.gob.ve

More information on the Bolívar Municipality
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