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The Coat of Arms of Tachira State

Heraldical Description

The Tachirensian Coat of Arms consist in a compound shape inserted in a "Cartela" (Cartel) or ornamental figure in Or (yellow). Its a simple or one quarter field represents a natural landscape with cloudy sky presided by a river that descends from mountains towards valleys with the figure of a maid in first plane that maintains arrogant with her right hand the National Flag of Venezuela whilst with her left hand pointed the waters.

The field alludes to the exuberance of Tachirensian valleys displayed on the Andes Mountains foot. The lady represents Venezuela vigilant of her borders because the river not only gives name to the Táchira state but that it is, in addition, an international landmark.

As external ornaments appears a beam of wheat ears jointed by a pennant enameled in Gules (red); nine stars in Argent (silver) with wakes in Or (yellow) disposed in arc, the stars represent the nine original districts that integrated the Tachirensian territory, and the "War Voice" "ESTADO TACHIRA" as crest, and as supports a branch of flowered cotton at the dexter and a branch of fruited coffee at the sinister jointed under the base with a pennant in Or that loads in Gules' letters the following ephemeris as mottoes:

"5 DE JULIO DE 1811" ("July 5th,1811"), "14 DE MARZO DE 1856" ("March 14th, 1856") and "24 DE MARZO DE 1864" (March 24th, 1864).

The ears, the branch of cotton and the branch of coffee, represent the fertility of the region. The pennant in gules remembers the courage of the Tachirensian People and the golden pennant with the ephemeris reaffirms the glory of their history and its bond with the Venezolanity.