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El Tigre
Venezuela
El Tigre, city, central AnzoƔtegui estado (state), northeastern Venezuela. It is situated in the highlands east of the Barcelona gap.
The city is a commercial centre in the Oficina oil fields. Oil is piped 100 miles (160 km) north-northeastward to Puerto La Cruz, which produces some of Venezuelaās domestically refined oil. El Tigre is also a transportation hub on the road linking Puerto La Cruz and Barcelona with Ciudad BolĆvar, and it is the terminus of the highway running eastward along the southern flanks of the Andes from San CristĆ³bal, near the Colombian border. The cityās agricultural environs produce peanuts, tomatoes, cashews, corn (maize), potatoes, and sorghum. Pop. (2001) 145,743; (2011) 179,333.
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