The Crespo Municipality is one of the nine municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Lara and, as of the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 49,958. The town of Duaca is the shire town of the Crespo Municipality.

The Crespo Municipality, according to a 2011 population census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 49,958 (up from 42,432 in 2001). This amounts to 2.8% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 56.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (147.4/sq mi).

The mayor of the Crespo Municipality is Miguel Valecillos Paul, re-elected on October 31, 2004, with 83% of the vote. The municipality is divided into two parishes; Fréitez and José María Blanco .

• Duaca
• Lara
• Municipalities of Venezuela

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