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With a surface area of 11,100 square kilometers, and a current population that nowadays must surpass 1,200,000 inhabitants, the Andean state of Tachira is located in the very southwestern corner of Venezuela. Is the last Venezuelan state that I'm covering with my series of threads about Venezuelan phenotypes.
This state borders Zulia State to the north, Barinas and Mérida States to the east, Apure and Barinas States to the south, and Colombia (Norte de Santander Department) to the west.
The state capital is San Cristobal (approaching 300,000 inhabitants, and located at an average altitude of 860 meters above sea level).
The geography of most of the state is dominated by the Andean range. Its highest peak is La Montańa el Pulpito, which about 3995 meters above the sea level, and it has several other high mounts with very high altitudes, many of them well over 3000 meters above sea level.
Like in the states of Trujillo and Merida, most of the state (except in the northern jungle-like lowlands bordering the state of Zulia, and the south eastern lowlands bordering the llanos from Barinas) has a mountain temperate climate. The capital San Cristobal, has very similar climate to Caracas, with an average temperature of 20.5 ° C, with averages of sunny hours of 26 ° C and 16 ° C for night hours (historical records in the single digits, but not frequent). However, in higher cities like Pregonero, El Cobre, La Grita and others located at higher altitudes, the average temperatures are considerably lower (up to 10 ° C) no to mention their freezing dew points.
Most of the state's urban centers are located in the region known as the mountain circuit, which is the areas of the state covered by the Andes, at altitudes between 800 and 3000 meters above sea level.
Location of Tachira state within the Venezuelan territory:
Map of the different municipalities of the state, for those of you interested in looking up the exact location of pics and videos:
Relief map of the state:
Panoramic of San Cristobal del Tachira, the state capital:
Some landscapes of this beautiful Andean state:
Video showing Tachira state and its people, including several places, starting with San Cristobal, and continuing with high towns and diverse places of the Tachirense geography. Is a little bit long, but worth to watch (at least jumping from part to part, if you don't wanna watch it all):
More pics and videos on next posts...
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