title: Michelena
text: # Michelena
  
  Michelena is a town in Táchira state, Venezuela. It was founded in 1849 by José Amando Pérez. It has a population of 22.500.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, currently serving life sentence in France for killing three people, was born here.
  * Marcos Pérez Jiménez, a former president of Venezuela, was born there.
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