La Grita, Táchira State, Andean Region, Venezuela

History | Culture

🇻🇪 La Grita is a town in the north west of Táchira state, Venezuela. Located in an Andean valley, La Grita has a beautiful natural setting and fertile land. The town includes colonial style houses and open plazas. The area offers visitors activities including hiking, camping, mountain climbing, as well as flora and fauna observation. Religious tourism is a main attraction during Semana Santa or during the celebration of the Santo Cristo de La Grita every 6 August.

History Founded by the Spanish Captain Francisco de Cáceres, in 1576, also known as Ciudad de Atenas or Ciudad del Espíritu Santo, it was the capital of the Province of La Grita (1576–1607). Later, the town was a strategic point in Simon Bolivar's "Admirable Campaign" (1813). Bolivar stayed at the "Balcony House", now known as a site of great value to Venezuela's independence movement.

La Grita was affected by the 1875 Cúcuta earthquake.

Culture La Grita has a community TV station, Jaureguina TV.

America/Caracas/Tachira 

La Grita has a population of over 90,000 people. La Grita also forms one of the centres of the wider Táchira State which has a population of over 1,168,908 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for La Grita see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Text Atribution: Wikipedia Text under CC-BY-SA license

---

North of: 8.133

🇻🇪 Ciudad Bolívar 8.138

🇪🇹 Huruta 8.15

🇵🇭 Ozamiz 8.15

🇵🇭 Ozamiz City 8.15

🇳🇬 Bali 8.155

🇵🇭 Malaybalay 8.159

🇮🇳 Nagercoil 8.169

🇵🇭 Bislig 8.214

🇵🇭 Iligan City 8.231

🇵🇭 Talakag 8.232

South of: 8.133

🇻🇪 Antonio Jose de Sucre 8.101

🇵🇦 Santiago de Veraguas 8.1

🇨🇴 Turbo 8.1

🇵🇭 Tangub 8.063

🇹🇭 Krabi 8.058

🇵🇭 Tubod 8.05

🇱🇰 Puttalam 8.033

🇵🇭 Marawi 7.999

🇪🇹 Adama 7.989

🇨🇴 Caucasia 7.983

East of: -71.983

🇨🇦 Victoriaville -71.967

🇵🇪 Cusco -71.967

🇨🇱 San Carlos -71.95

🇨🇦 Sherbrooke -71.889

🇨🇴 Saravena -71.867

🇩🇴 Jimaní -71.85

🇨🇦 Saint-Raymond -71.833

🇭🇹 Fort-Liberté -71.833

🇺🇸 Worcester -71.802

🇺🇸 Leominster -71.75

West of: -71.983

🇵🇪 Mollendo -72

🇭🇹 Trou-du-Nord -72.017

🇺🇸 Haverhill -72.05

🇨🇱 Coyhaique -72.067

🇺🇸 Norwich -72.083

🇺🇸 New London -72.1

🇨🇱 Chillán -72.117

🇨🇦 Magog -72.15

🇺🇸 Windham -72.167

🇭🇹 Cap-Haïtien -72.199

Antipodal to La Grita is: 108.017,-8.133

Locations Near: La Grita -71.9833,8.13333

🇻🇪 San Cristóbal -72.221,7.776 d: 47.6  

🇻🇪 El Vigía -71.67,8.6 d: 62.3  

🇻🇪 Alberto Adriani -71.67,8.6 d: 62.3  

🇨🇴 Cúcuta -72.5,7.883 d: 63.3  

🇨🇴 San José de Cúcuta -72.5,7.883 d: 63.3  

🇨🇴 Los Patios -72.517,7.833 d: 67.5  

🇻🇪 Mérida -71.15,8.6 d: 105.3  

🇨🇴 Pamplona -72.65,7.367 d: 112.5  

🇨🇴 Saravena -71.867,6.95 d: 132.2  

🇨🇴 Arauquita -71.436,7.03 d: 136.7  

Antipodal to: La Grita 108.017,-8.133

🇮🇩 Parigi 108.533,-7.683 d: 19939.3  

🇮🇩 Cigantang 108.187,-7.408 d: 19932.3  

🇮🇩 Pangandaran 108.657,-7.697 d: 19929.5  

🇮🇩 Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 19927.3  

🇮🇩 Tasikmalaya 108.198,-7.316 d: 19922  

🇮🇩 Ciamis 108.333,-7.317 d: 19917.8  

🇮🇩 Garut 107.9,-7.217 d: 19912.4  

🇮🇩 South Tarogong 107.883,-7.2 d: 19910.3  

🇮🇩 Cilacap 109,-7.733 d: 19898  

🇮🇩 Sidareja 109,-7.733 d: 19898  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 8.13333 -71.9833

Bing Map

Option 1

🇷🇼    Kigali |  🇨🇿    Brno |  🇺🇸    Laredo |  🇳🇱    Nijmegen |  🇩🇪    Hannover |  🇸🇪    Stockholm |  🇲🇩    Chișinău |  🇺🇸    Boston |  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿    Liverpool |  🇧🇭    Manama |  🇵🇰    Lahore |  🇯🇵    Fukuoka |  🇳🇬    Abuja |  🇧🇷    Salvador de Bahia |  🇺🇸    Virginia Beach |  🇹🇼    Tainan City |  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿    Reading |  🇨🇦    London |  🇺🇸    Brownsville |  🇺🇸    Amarillo