Táchira (state)

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Estado Tachira

	Image:Táchira coa.gif
State flag	State Coat of Arms

Tachira State Anthem

Motto: none

Location within Venezuela

Created
(given current status) 1899

State capital San Cristobal

Area
•% 11,100 km²
1,2 (Ranked 16th)

Population
•% 1,177,300 hab. (2007 est.)
4,5 (Ranked 9th)

Emblematic tree The Pino Criollo, or Laso
(Prumnopitys montana)

ISO 3166-2 VE-S

Governor Roland Blanco La Cruz
2004 - 2008

Website: Gobernacion del Estado Tachira

Estado Tachira is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.

The state capital is San Cristobal.

Táchira State covers a total surface area of 11,100 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 1,177,300.

Tachira is one of the four Venezuelan Andean states (The others are Merida, Trujillo, and Zulia)

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Capital District:	Caracas
States:	Amazonas \| Anzoátegui \| Apure \| Aragua \| Barinas \| Bolívar \| Carabobo \| Cojedes \| Delta Amacuro \| Falcón \| Guárico \| Lara \| Mérida \| Miranda \| Monagas \| Nueva Esparta \| Portuguesa \| Sucre \| Táchira \| Trujillo \| Vargas \| Yaracuy \| Zulia
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