Bolívar Municipality, Táchira
Name
The municipality is one of several in Venezuela named "Bolívar Municipality" in honour of Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
Demographics
The 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. The municipality's population density is 294.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (763.7/sq mi).
Government
The mayor of the Bolívar Municipality is Juan Vicente Cañas Alviarez, elected on October 31, 2004, with 48% of the vote. He replaced Ramon Vivas shortly after the elections. 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).
References
- ^ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion6.xls
- ^ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/secciones/division/Tachira.zip
- ^ http://www.ocei.gov.ve/sintesisestadistica/estados/tachira/cuadros/Poblacion5.xls
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
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External links
- 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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