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Sign in to saveTáriba is a town in Táchira, Venezuela, and is the capital of the Cárdenas Municipality. It was founded in 1602. Táriba has a population of 128,590. It's located on the outsides of the city of San Cristóbal. Like other Venezuelan cities, Táriba was founded by an ancient indigenous people and then discovered by Alonso Pérez de Tolosa in 1547.
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- Locality
- Táriba
- Region
- Táchira
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 138,402
- Timezone
- America/Caracas
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Táriba
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nuestra Señora de la Consolación Basilica.
- Settlement.image_flag
- BAND-S-Cardenas.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- ESC-S-Cardenas.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Venezuela
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 22px Táchira
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cardenas
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1547
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 860
- Settlement.population_total
- 128,590
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Táriba
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Municipio Cárdenas
- Population
- 128590
- Elevation
- 860
- Capital of
- Municipio Cárdenas
- Image
- Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0276
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- Commons category
- Táriba
- native label
- Táriba
- inception
- 1602-00-00
- postal code
- 5017
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Encyclopedic overview
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Táriba is a town in Táchira, Venezuela, and is the capital of the Cárdenas Municipality. It was founded in 1602. Táriba has a population of 128,590. It's located on the outsides of the city of San Cristóbal. Like other Venezuelan cities, Táriba was founded by an ancient indigenous people and then discovered by Alonso Pérez de Tolosa in 1547.
Tariba has a very catholic culture, this can be shown in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, like many other cities in Venezuela it has its own plaza bolivar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Cristóbal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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