Pedernales Municipality

Pedernales Municipality
Municipio Pedernales
Municipality

Location in Delta Amacuro
Map showing the location of Pedernales Municipality within Venezuela
Pedernales Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°58′17″N 62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°W / 9.97152; -62.25151Coordinates: 9°58′17″N 62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°W / 9.97152; -62.25151
Country  Venezuela
State Delta Amacuro
Municipal seat Pedernales, Delta Amacuro
Government
 • Mayor Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR)
Area
 • Total 3,537 km2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 6,535
 • Density 1.8/km2 (4.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0287

The Pedernales Municipality is one of the four municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 6,535.[1] The town of Pedernales is the municipal seat of the Pedernales Municipality.[2]

History

The Pedernales District became the Pedernales Municipality in 1994.

Demographics

The Pedernales Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 6,535 (up from 5,181 in 2000). This amounts to 4.2% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 1.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.8/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Pedernales Municipality is Selgio Buanerges Ramírez, elected on October 31, 2004 with 40% of the vote.[5] He replaced Cristobal Jimenez shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into two parishes; Pedernales and Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa (previous to February 25, 1995, the Pedernales Municipality contained only a single parish).[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/23/alcaldedis=0&edo=23&mun=2&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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