Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, Barinas

Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality

Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco
Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco
Municipality
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	Location in Barinas
	Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality Location in Venezuela
	Coordinates: 7°28′38″N 71°17′44″W / 7.47729°N 71.2956°WCoordinates: 7°28′38″N 71°17′44″W / 7.47729°N 71.2956°W
Country	Venezuela
State	Barinas
Government
• Mayor	Zulay Martínez Fuentes (MVR)
Area
• Total	1,493 km2 (576 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	16,144
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)	0278
Website	Official website
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The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Barinas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 16,144. ^[1] The town of is the shire town of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality.^[2] The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco.

In 2008, it established a sister-relationship with Dane County, Wisconsin -- http://www.dane-andres.org/

Demographics[]

The Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality, according to a 2017 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 18,816 (up from 15,847 in 2000). This amounts to 2.5% of the state's population.^[3] The municipality's population density is 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (33/sq mi).^[4]

Government[]

The mayor of the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality is Zulay Martínez Fuentes, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 69% of the vote.^[5]^[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; El Cantón, Santa Cruz de Guacas, and Puerto Vivas.^[2]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=12&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

^[permanent dead link] andreseloyblanco-barinas.gob.ve^{[permanent dead link]} (in Spanish)

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[autogenerated1-2] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Barinas.zip^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] ttp://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/barinas/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] ttp://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/5/alcaldedis=0&edo=5&mun=12&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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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