Urdaneta Municipality, Aragua

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Urdaneta Municipality
Municipio Urdaneta
Municipality
Location in Aragua
Location in Aragua
Map showing the location of Urdaneta Municipality within Venezuela
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
StateAragua
Government
 • MayorSotero González (COPEI)
Area
 • Total2,024 km2 (781 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total21,271
 • Density11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
Area code(s)0246
WebsiteOfficial website
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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]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.geohive.com/cntry/venezuela_ext.aspx
  2. ^ a b http://www.ine.gob.ve/secciones/division/Aragua.zip[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.ine.gob.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/aragua/cuadros/Poblacion4.xls[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/regionales2004/4/alcaldedis=0&edo=4&mun=7&par=0&cen=0&mesa=0&cua=0.html
  6. ^ http://www.cne.gob.ve/estadisticas/e016.pdf

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