Libertador Municipality, Aragua

Libertador Municipality
Municipio Libertador
Municipality

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Location in Aragua
Map showing the location of Libertador Municipality within Venezuela
Libertador Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 10°12′N 67°36′W / 10.2°N 67.6°W / 10.2; -67.6Coordinates: 10°12′N 67°36′W / 10.2°N 67.6°W / 10.2; -67.6
Country  Venezuela
State Aragua
Municipal seat Palo Negro
Government
 • Mayor Gonzalo Díaz (MVR)
Area
 • Total 52 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 114,355
 • Density 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0243
Website Official website

The Libertador Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 114,355. [1] The town of Palo Negro is the municipal seat of the Libertador Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality is one of a number in Venezuela named "Libertador Municipality", in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.

Demographics

The Libertador Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 87,520 (up from 78,427 in 2000). This amounts to 5.3% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 1,683.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,359.2/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Libertador Municipality is Gonzalo Díaz, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 47% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Capital Libertador and San Martín de Porres (created on January 30, 1995).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/4/alcaldedis=0&edo=4&mun=9&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.


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