San Antonio del Táchira is a city in the Venezuelan Andean
state
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of
Táchira
Táchira State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal.
Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,9 ...
. The busy highway across the
Simón Bolívar International Bridge linking the cities of
Cúcuta, Colombia, and
San Cristóbal, Venezuela, passes through San Antonio del Táchira, making it an important gateway between the two nations. This city is the
shire town
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of the Municipio Bolívar de Táchira and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan
census
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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 (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...
passed through this city during his
Admirable Campaign 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/km
2).
Government
San Antonio del Táchira is the
shire town
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in ...
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.
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Economy
Transportation
Airport
The city's airport,
Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport, is located 2 kilometers northeast of the city.
Bridges
The
Simón Bolívar International Bridge, crossing the
Táchira River leads to
Cúcuta 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)
Climate
References
External links
bolivar-tachira.gob.ve More information on the Bolívar Municipality
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Cities in Táchira
Populated places established in 1724
1724 establishments in the Spanish Empire
San Antonio del Táchira