Bolívar Municipality is one of the 29 municipalities that makes up the western Venezuelan state of Táchira and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 60,149.[1] The town of San Antonio del Táchira is the shiretown of the Bolívar Municipality.[2]
Bolívar Municipality
Municipio Bolívar | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Táchira | |
  Bolívar Municipality Location in Venezuela | |
| Coordinates: 7°46′26″N 72°25′29″W / 7.7739°N 72.4247°W | |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| State | Táchira |
| Municipal seat | San Antonio del Táchira |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez (MVR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 178.8 km2 (69.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 60,149 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET) |
| Area code(s) | 0276 |
| Website | Official website |
Name
editThe municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
Demographics
editThe Bolívar Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 60,149 (up from 50,209 in 2000). This amounts to 5.1% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is 294.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (763.7/sq mi).[4]
Government
editThe mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 48% of the vote.[5] He replaced Ramon Vivas shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into four parishes; Bolívar, Palotal, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Isaías Medina Angarita (parishes Juan Vicente Gómez and Isaías Medina Angarita were officially separated from the Bolívar parish on January 25, 1995).[2]
References
edit- ^ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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External links
edit- bolivar-tachira.gob.ve Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Information on the Bolívar Municipality Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- More information on the Bolívar Municipality (in Spanish)
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