Pedernales Municipality
Pedernales Municipality
Municipio Pedernales | |
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Pedernales Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
Coordinates: 9°58′17″N 62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°WCoordinates: 9°58′17″N 62°15′05″W / 9.97152°N 62.25151°W | |
Country | Venezuela |
State | Delta Amacuro |
Municipal seat | Pedernales, Delta Amacuro |
Government | |
• Mayor | Selgio Buanerges Ramírez (PASR) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 6,535 |
Time zone | UTC−4 (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[]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Deltaamacuro.zip[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/deltaamacuro/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mayor of Municipality PEDERNALES".
- ^ "e016.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
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