Táriba

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Táriba

Total population

128,357

Air quality index

21Good

Coordinates7.82°, -72.22°

Demographic figures from INE Venezuela. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

G

Gustavo Gutiérrez

Venezuelian fencer (1933- )

Mauricio Martínez

association football player

P

Paola Pérez

Venezuelan swimmer

Humberto Jaimes Sánchez

Venezuelan painter (1930–2003)

César González

A

Abel Santos

Venezuelan politician and lawyer

Edwin Torres

Venezuelan cyclist

T

Tulio Hernández

Venezuelan sociologist

J

Jorge Echeverría

association football player

Ronaldo Chacón

association football player

Eduin Quero

association football player

N

Nahuel Ferraresi

Venezuelan association football player

J

Jhonny Monsalve

H

Henry Sanabria

association football player

D

Daniel Benítez

association football player (1987-2021)

F

Francisco Baptista Galindo

Venezuelan politician and lawyer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Venezuela

• Ha Mochekoane
  7066.6 mi away
• Ha Mpo
  7067.2 mi away
• Majoematso
  7067.7 mi away
• Ha Khoane
  7067.8 mi away
• Ha 'Mantšebo
  7068.1 mi away
• Makeneng
  7069.2 mi away
• Motse-Mocha (Machekoaneng)
  7069.7 mi away
• Ha Gideone
  7069.9 mi away
• Ha Mafa
  7070 mi away
• Ha Takalimane
  7070.4 mi away
• Ramokholokotha
  7070.4 mi away
• Ha Mofoka
  7072.3 mi away

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Recently spotted species

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

Seen 2026-06-23

Favose Melipona

Melipona favosa

Seen 2026-06-11

Variegated Paper Wasp

Polistes versicolor

Seen 2026-06-09

Mabel Orchard Orbweaver

Leucauge argyrobapta

Seen 2026-06-04

Pseudophasma subapterum

Pseudophasma subapterum

Seen 2026-05-26

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-05-19

Enchenopa squamigera

Enchenopa squamigera

Seen 2026-05-06

Narrow Stingless Bee

Tetragonisca angustula

Seen 2026-05-05

Coelosis biloba

Coelosis biloba

Seen 2026-05-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).