Ayacucho Municipality, Táchira

Ayacucho Municipality
Municipio Ayacucho
Municipality

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Ayacucho Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 8°04′53″N 72°14′48″W / 8.0813°N 72.2466°W / 8.0813; -72.2466Coordinates: 8°04′53″N 72°14′48″W / 8.0813°N 72.2466°W / 8.0813; -72.2466
Country  Venezuela
State Táchira
Municipal seat Colón
Government
 • Mayor Gabino Paz Guerrero (COPEI)
Population (2007)
 • Total 60,454
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0277

The Ayacucho Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,454.[1] The town of Colón is the municipal seat of the Ayacucho Municipality.[2]

Demographics

The Ayacucho Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,454 (up from 50,992 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 119.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (308.8/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Ayacucho Municipality is Gabino Paz Guerrero, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ayacucho, Rivas Berti, San Pedro del Río.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/18/alcaldedis=0&edo=18&mun=1&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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