Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua

Urdaneta Municipality
Municipio Urdaneta
Municipality

Location in Aragua
Map showing the location of Urdaneta Municipality within Venezuela
Urdaneta Municipality
Location in Venezuela
Coordinates: 9°36′44″N 66°44′51″W / 9.612261°N 66.747471°W / 9.612261; -66.747471Coordinates: 9°36′44″N 66°44′51″W / 9.612261°N 66.747471°W / 9.612261; -66.747471
Country  Venezuela
State Aragua
Municipal seat Barbacoas
Government
 • Mayor Sotero González (COPEI)
Area
 • Total 2,024 km2 (781 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 21,271
 • Density 11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−04:00 (VET)
Area code(s) 0246
Website Official website

Urdaneta 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 21,271. [1] The town of Barbacoas is the shire town of the Urdaneta Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Urdaneta Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Rafael Urdaneta.

Demographics

The Urdaneta Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 21,270 (up from 19,339 in 2000). This amounts to 1.3% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 10.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.2/sq mi).[4]

Government

The mayor of the Urdaneta Municipality is Sotero González, re-elected on October 31, 2004 with 32% of the vote.[5][6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Capital Urdaneta, Las Peñitas, San Francisco de Cara, and Taguay.[2]

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